Feminine dossier · first seen 1970

Chesney

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Chesney
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2005

Peak rank proxy

131

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1970Peak 20052024

Peak year

2005

Decline from peak

58%

2024

All-time

2,602

Chesney has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2005, when 131 girls were named Chesney.

In 2024, only 55 girls were given the name.

Down 58% from its peak.

All told, about 2,602 Americans have been named Chesney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1970.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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