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How popular is “Chesley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Chesley” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Chesley” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Chesley” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Chesley” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Chesley” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Chesley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Chesley” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 29 0.000020475 29 -100%
1915 36 0.000019646 36 -100%
1916 32 0.000016542 32 -100%
1917 35 0.000017441 35 -100%
1918 42 0.000019345 42 -100%
1919 34 0.000016112 34 -100%
1920 42 0.000018562 42 -100%
1921 41 0.000017563 5 36 -76%
1922 37 0.000016163 37 -100%
1923 48 0.000020847 48 -100%
1924 39 0.000016375 39 -100%
1925 34 0.000014572 34 -100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 -100%
1927 35 0.00001509 35 -100%
1928 37 0.000016365 37 -100%
1929 39 0.000017791 39 -100%
1930 44 0.000019791 44 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 25 0.000011841 25 -100%
1933 22 0.000011003 22 -100%
1934 32 0.000015408 32 -100%
1935 29 0.000013876 29 -100%
1936 21 0.000010108 21 -100%
1937 28 0.000013141 28 -100%
1938 26 0.000011751 26 -100%
1939 23 0.000010438 23 -100%
1940 32 0.000013897 32 -100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 -100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 -100%
1943 36 0.000012754 36 -100%
1944 32 0.000011896 32 -100%
1945 29 0.000010931 29 -100%
1946 29 0.000009076 29 -100%
1947 21 0.00000583 21 -100%
1948 19 0.000005503 19 -100%
1949 24 0.000006887 24 -100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 -100%
1951 23 0.000006244 23 -100%
1952 21 0.000005529 21 -100%
1953 28 0.000007266 28 -100%
1954 30 0.000007536 30 -100%
1955 14 0.000003487 14 -100%
1956 19 0.000004608 19 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 -100%
1959 27 0.000006494 27 -100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 -100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 -100%
1962 22 0.000005452 5 17 -55%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1967 23 0.000006775 7 16 -39%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 6 9 -20%
1970 19 0.000005268 5 14 -47%
1971 24 0.000006992 6 18 -50%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 18 0.000005921 8 10 -11%
1975 26 0.000008611 8 18 -38%
1976 25 0.000008239 6 19 -52%
1977 24 0.000007555 7 17 -42%
1978 43 0.000013548 18 25 -16%
1979 34 0.000010219 7 27 -59%
1980 39 0.000011322 17 22 -13%
1981 29 0.000008383 15 14 3%
1982 33 0.000009407 16 17 -3%
1983 45 0.000012993 20 25 -11%
1984 34 0.000009746 16 18 -6%
1985 35 0.000009806 17 18 -3%
1986 27 0.00000759 16 11 19%
1987 29 0.000008043 17 12 17%
1988 37 0.000010013 25 12 35%
1989 48 0.000012486 32 16 33%
1990 41 0.000010373 25 16 22%
1991 32 0.000008215 16 16 0%
1992 32 0.000008331 22 10 38%
1993 29 0.000007692 20 9 38%
1994 33 0.000008877 23 10 39%
1995 37 0.000010103 26 11 41%
1996 21 0.000005758 12 9 14%
1997 24 0.000006619 12 12 0%
1998 24 0.000006525 10 14 -17%
1999 15 0.000004061 9 6 20%
2000 20 0.000005291 10 10 0%
2001 18 0.000004808 8 10 -11%
2002 16 0.00000428 5 11 -38%
2003 11 0.000002893 6 5 9%
2004 13 0.000003402 7 6 8%
2005 24 0.000006242 11 13 -8%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 100%
2009 20 0.000005235 10 10 0%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 20 0.000005468 10 10 0%
2013 19 0.000005212 8 11 -16%
2014 20 0.000005396 10 10 0%
2015 14 0.000003783 6 8 -14%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 100%
2020 17 0.000005089 5 12 -41%
2021 14 0.000004132 7 7 0%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 100%

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