Chesley is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1989 and has since faded.
Chesley is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,283 for boy births in the United States (and #15,294 across all names), given to 11 babies. Chesley first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1923 (48 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,283 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #12,417 | — |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | #9,846 | — |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | #12,482 | #9,912 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | #15,622 | #6,704 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | #12,724 | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | #12,765 | — |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | #11,887 | — |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,000 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | #14,899 | #8,891 |
| 2014 | 20 | 20 | #10,299 | #7,648 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | #12,235 | #7,118 |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | #10,605 | #7,651 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,069 |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,410 |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | #10,854 | #7,787 |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 | #12,842 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #18,208 | — |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | #10,762 | — |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | #9,588 | #5,923 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #13,045 | #10,179 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | #14,230 | #11,172 |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | #15,950 | #6,152 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | #11,223 | #6,538 |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | #9,307 | #6,394 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #9,657 | #8,883 |
| 1998 | 24 | 24 | #8,706 | #4,684 |
| 1997 | 24 | — | #7,363 | #5,002 |
| 1996 | 21 | — | #7,232 | #6,071 |
| 1995 | 37 | — | #3,999 | #5,185 |
| 1994 | 33 | — | #4,402 | #5,519 |
| 1993 | 29 | — | #4,861 | #5,837 |
| 1992 | 32 | — | #4,561 | #5,293 |
| 1991 | 32 | — | #5,721 | #3,665 |
| 1990 | 41 | — | #4,031 | #3,627 |
| 1989 | 48 | — | #3,267 | #3,477 |
| 1988 | 37 | — | #3,720 | #3,944 |
| 1987 | 29 | — | #4,698 | #3,762 |
| 1986 | 27 | — | #4,768 | #3,921 |
| 1985 | 35 | — | #4,492 | #2,732 |
| 1984 | 34 | — | #4,520 | #2,628 |
| 1983 | 45 | — | #3,839 | #2,098 |
| 1982 | 33 | — | #4,560 | #2,724 |
| 1981 | 29 | — | #4,774 | #3,057 |
| 1980 | 39 | — | #4,355 | #2,290 |
| 1979 | 34 | — | #8,191 | #1,951 |
| 1978 | 43 | — | #3,942 | #1,973 |
| 1977 | 24 | — | #7,687 | #2,575 |
| 1976 | 25 | — | #8,336 | #2,346 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | #6,597 | #2,380 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | #6,349 | #3,361 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #7,580 | — |
| 1972 | 13 | — | — | #2,680 |
| 1971 | 24 | — | #7,537 | #2,215 |
| 1970 | 19 | — | #8,194 | #2,521 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #6,756 | #3,099 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | — | #2,937 |
| 1967 | 23 | — | #5,547 | #1,984 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | — | #1,976 |
| 1965 | 17 | — | — | #1,926 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | — | #2,130 |
| 1963 | 18 | — | — | #1,913 |
| 1962 | 22 | — | #6,720 | #1,979 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | — | #2,160 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | — | #1,867 |
| 1959 | 27 | — | — | #1,523 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | — | #1,906 |
| 1957 | 18 | — | — | #1,896 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | — | #1,837 |
| 1955 | 14 | — | — | #2,156 |
| 1954 | 30 | — | — | #1,387 |
| 1953 | 28 | — | — | #1,431 |
| 1952 | 21 | — | — | #1,670 |
| 1951 | 23 | — | — | #1,556 |
| 1950 | 20 | — | — | #1,662 |
| 1949 | 24 | — | — | #1,513 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | — | #1,715 |
| 1947 | 21 | — | — | #1,658 |
| 1946 | 29 | — | — | #1,301 |
| 1945 | 29 | — | — | #1,230 |
| 1944 | 32 | — | — | #1,175 |
| 1943 | 36 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1942 | 25 | — | — | #1,387 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | — | #1,769 |
| 1940 | 32 | — | — | #1,187 |
| 1939 | 23 | — | — | #1,401 |
| 1938 | 26 | — | — | #1,315 |
| 1937 | 28 | — | — | #1,267 |
| 1936 | 21 | — | — | #1,473 |
| 1935 | 29 | — | — | #1,250 |
| 1934 | 32 | — | — | #1,176 |
| 1933 | 22 | — | — | #1,462 |
| 1932 | 25 | — | — | #1,393 |
| 1931 | 20 | — | — | #1,595 |
| 1930 | 44 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1929 | 39 | — | — | #1,112 |
| 1928 | 37 | — | — | #1,171 |
| 1927 | 35 | — | — | #1,233 |
| 1926 | 31 | — | — | #1,304 |
| 1925 | 34 | — | — | #1,230 |
| 1924 | 39 | — | — | #1,156 |
| 1923 | 48 | — | — | #1,010 |
| 1922 | 37 | — | — | #1,184 |
| 1921 | 41 | — | #5,242 | #1,204 |
| 1920 | 42 | — | — | #1,092 |
| 1919 | 34 | — | — | #1,209 |
| 1918 | 42 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1917 | 35 | — | — | #1,135 |
| 1916 | 32 | — | — | #1,162 |
| 1915 | 36 | — | — | #1,070 |
| 1914 | 29 | — | — | #1,057 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | — | #1,696 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | — | #1,639 |
| 1910 | 12 | — | — | #938 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | — | #1,172 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,414 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #939 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | — | #1,140 |
| 1905 | 9 | — | — | #848 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | — | #924 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | — | #755 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | — | #871 |
| 1899 | 7 | — | — | #873 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | — | #752 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | — | #799 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | — | #839 |
| 1894 | 11 | — | — | #636 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | — | #1,068 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #865 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #822 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | — | #994 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | — | #1,063 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | — | #858 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | — | #849 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #873 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #857 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | — | #721 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #937 |