Chessie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chessie

The Social Security Administration has registered 610 babies named Chessie between 1888 and 2008, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chessie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1912, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chessie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Chessie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Chessie in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chessie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 610 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.