Meaning and history
Chesley is a name derived from a surname that originally came from a place name meaning “camp meadow” in Old English.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 10 births, rank #7,692
2010: 13 births, rank #6,359
20112011: 6 births, rank #10,808
2012: 10 births, rank #7,559
2013: 11 births, rank #7,026
2014: 10 births, rank #7,562
2015: 8 births, rank #8,744
20162016: 8 births, rank #8,816
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 12 births, rank #6,620
20212021: 7 births, rank #9,714
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: no US SSA record for this spelling
20252025: 11 births, rank #7,194
Chesley rose from #939 to #938 for boys between 1907 and 1910. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 12.