Girls' name · since 1986
Chesnee
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 228 babies named Chesnee, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,505 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
228 babies have been named Chesnee since 1986, making it today's #15505 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chesnee has been recorded 228 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #15505 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #18,480 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,505 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 228 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chesnee ranks #18,480 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,505 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 228 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,505 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chesnee's 228 recorded births place it above 74.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Chesnee compares
228 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chesnee's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chesnee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 228 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chesnee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chesnee's full recorded timeline at 2008, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chesnee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Chesnee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (100 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Chesnee's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Chesnee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
100 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 100 births (44% of all-time use).
Chesnee by state
Where Chesnee concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 228 births nationwide.
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What to do with Chesnee's data
- Chesnee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Chesnees (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chesnee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chesnee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.