Chesney

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Chesney: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Chesney: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #506 in 2004, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#506highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Chesney's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2003

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3174
1998	#2165
1999	#2444
2003	#4373

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 10 of the 26 years from 1998 to 2023.

In 2004: #506 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1878 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Chesney appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 10 ranked years and 48 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 1996.

Chesney across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Chesney's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#1456 (2005)	#4991 (2023)	10 of 26	48 (1998–2023)	13 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2165 (1998)	#4373 (2003)	5 of 8	24 (1996–2003)	7 (1998)

Chesney by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Chesney in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	31	5 of 10	6
2010s	8	2 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Chesney appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Chesney's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #506, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,991position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
8 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
13births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Cheryl · #11, 72y
Chesky · #1875, 13y
Chester · #84, 29y
Cheyanne · #286, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Beni · #506, 17y
Eghosa · #506, 12y
Iosua · #506, 16y
Olivers · #506, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ahad · #506, 29y
Boluwatife · #506, 25y
Chidera · #506, 24y
Danish · #506, 29y

Chesney was ranked #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Chesney and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Chesney without appearing here.

Chesney moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3687 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3987 and #4805.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #4432.

Moved ahead of Chesney

Kelly Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1456 and #2174 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2538.

Moved the opposite way to Chesney

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chesney went from #2901 to #4991 while Albie went from #716 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chesney went from #2901 to #4991 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chesney went from #2901 to #4991 while Alfred went from #174 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chesney went from #2901 to #4991 while Archie went from #120 to #13.

Moved the same way as Chesney

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chesney went from #2901 to #4991 and Aaron from #31 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chesney went from #2901 to #4991 and Adam from #21 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chesney went from #2901 to #4991 and Alan from #196 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Chesney went from #2901 to #4991 and Alex from #46 to #152.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Chesney

Chesney at a glance

What stands out in Chesney's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chesney across 2 official records

Chesney by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Chesney appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Chesney

Chesney and the names beside it

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Chesney at a glance

What stands out in Chesney's record

Chesney across 2 official records

Chesney by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Chesney appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Chesney

Chesney and the names beside it

Chesney moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chesney

Moved the opposite way to Chesney

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