Chester
#281 most common boys' name of all time · #608 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#281
Rank overall
#608 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
122,302
Since 2016
919
Peak year
1920 #55
Best rank
#53 1919
Girls
Boys
peak 3,726/yr
Chester is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,585 |
| 2024 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,650 |
| 2023 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,729 |
| 2022 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,760 |
| 2021 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,109 |
| 2020 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,621 |
| 2019 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,723 |
| 2018 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2017 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,695 |
| 2016 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,921 |
| 2015 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,625 |
| 2014 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,827 |
| 2012 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,983 |
| 2011 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,771 |
| 2010 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,913 |
| 2009 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,942 |
| 2008 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,665 |
| 2007 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,795 |
| 2006 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,893 |
| 2005 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,506 |
| 2004 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,492 |
| 2003 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,400 |
| 2002 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,357 |
| 2001 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,502 |
| 2000 | — | 109 | 109 | #1,229 |
| 1999 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,242 |
| 1998 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,096 |
| 1997 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,045 |
| 1996 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,006 |
| 1995 | — | 145 | 145 | #918 |
| 1994 | — | 149 | 149 | #886 |
| 1993 | — | 154 | 154 | #853 |
| 1992 | — | 203 | 203 | #724 |
| 1991 | — | 209 | 209 | #700 |
| 1990 | — | 226 | 226 | #673 |
| 1989 | — | 228 | 228 | #664 |
| 1988 | — | 227 | 227 | #631 |
| 1987 | — | 251 | 251 | #572 |
| 1986 | — | 220 | 220 | #600 |
| 1985 | — | 264 | 264 | #536 |
| 1984 | — | 285 | 285 | #503 |
| 1983 | 5 | 292 | 297 | #494 |
| 1982 | — | 332 | 332 | #464 |
| 1981 | — | 349 | 349 | #441 |
| 1980 | — | 348 | 348 | #446 |
| 1979 | — | 355 | 355 | #423 |
| 1978 | — | 377 | 377 | #398 |
| 1977 | — | 392 | 392 | #396 |
| 1976 | — | 370 | 370 | #404 |
| 1975 | — | 355 | 355 | #407 |
| 1974 | 6 | 428 | 434 | #367 |
| 1973 | — | 422 | 422 | #373 |
| 1972 | 6 | 411 | 417 | #388 |
| 1971 | — | 507 | 507 | #357 |
| 1970 | 6 | 515 | 521 | #359 |
| 1969 | — | 544 | 544 | #332 |
| 1968 | 5 | 500 | 505 | #345 |
| 1967 | — | 534 | 534 | #325 |
| 1966 | 7 | 536 | 543 | #323 |
| 1965 | — | 629 | 629 | #299 |
| 1964 | — | 710 | 710 | #295 |
| 1963 | — | 732 | 732 | #286 |
| 1962 | 6 | 775 | 781 | #277 |
| 1961 | 5 | 888 | 893 | #265 |
| 1960 | — | 936 | 936 | #260 |
| 1959 | 5 | 1,001 | 1,006 | #253 |
| 1958 | 7 | 1,051 | 1,058 | #240 |
| 1957 | 13 | 1,182 | 1,195 | #219 |
| 1956 | — | 1,254 | 1,254 | #207 |
| 1955 | 5 | 1,256 | 1,261 | #203 |
| 1954 | 8 | 1,421 | 1,429 | #185 |
| 1953 | 12 | 1,380 | 1,392 | #183 |
| 1952 | 14 | 1,456 | 1,470 | #180 |
| 1951 | 6 | 1,401 | 1,407 | #178 |
| 1950 | 8 | 1,378 | 1,386 | #169 |
| 1949 | 11 | 1,440 | 1,451 | #163 |
| 1948 | 10 | 1,556 | 1,566 | #158 |
| 1947 | 12 | 1,714 | 1,726 | #154 |
| 1946 | 12 | 1,620 | 1,632 | #149 |
| 1945 | 14 | 1,445 | 1,459 | #144 |
| 1944 | 15 | 1,521 | 1,536 | #137 |
| 1943 | 9 | 1,631 | 1,640 | #137 |
| 1942 | 15 | 1,559 | 1,574 | #137 |
| 1941 | 10 | 1,448 | 1,458 | #136 |
| 1940 | 9 | 1,353 | 1,362 | #137 |
| 1939 | 6 | 1,296 | 1,302 | #133 |
| 1938 | — | 1,236 | 1,236 | #136 |
| 1937 | 13 | 1,272 | 1,285 | #129 |
| 1936 | 13 | 1,278 | 1,291 | #127 |
| 1935 | 9 | 1,432 | 1,441 | #121 |
| 1934 | 19 | 1,385 | 1,404 | #123 |
| 1933 | 6 | 1,399 | 1,405 | #119 |
| 1932 | 13 | 1,607 | 1,620 | #112 |
| 1931 | 18 | 1,717 | 1,735 | #106 |
| 1930 | 17 | 1,791 | 1,808 | #103 |
| 1929 | 18 | 1,969 | 1,987 | #96 |
| 1928 | 30 | 2,243 | 2,273 | #88 |
| 1927 | 18 | 2,407 | 2,425 | #85 |
| 1926 | 35 | 2,534 | 2,569 | #79 |
| 1925 | 19 | 2,719 | 2,738 | #73 |
| 1924 | 23 | 3,033 | 3,056 | #67 |
| 1923 | 23 | 3,150 | 3,173 | #63 |
| 1922 | 22 | 3,133 | 3,155 | #64 |
| 1921 | 24 | 3,549 | 3,573 | #56 |
| 1920 | 28 | 3,698 | 3,726 | #55 |
| 1919 | 30 | 3,432 | 3,462 | #53 |
| 1918 | 20 | 3,692 | 3,712 | #54 |
| 1917 | 21 | 3,338 | 3,359 | #56 |
| 1916 | 20 | 3,212 | 3,232 | #54 |
| 1915 | 14 | 3,043 | 3,057 | #54 |
| 1914 | 18 | 2,289 | 2,307 | #56 |
| 1913 | 14 | 1,765 | 1,779 | #56 |
| 1912 | 16 | 1,460 | 1,476 | #55 |
| 1911 | 9 | 708 | 717 | #58 |
| 1910 | 11 | 561 | 572 | #61 |
| 1909 | 5 | 475 | 480 | #67 |
| 1908 | 5 | 461 | 466 | #66 |
| 1907 | — | 424 | 424 | #67 |
| 1906 | 9 | 420 | 429 | #61 |
| 1905 | — | 388 | 388 | #64 |
| 1904 | — | 355 | 355 | #69 |
| 1903 | 9 | 327 | 336 | #68 |
| 1902 | 7 | 321 | 328 | #74 |
| 1901 | — | 253 | 253 | #76 |
| 1900 | 7 | 364 | 371 | #72 |
| 1899 | 6 | 288 | 294 | #67 |
| 1898 | — | 321 | 321 | #66 |
| 1897 | — | 290 | 290 | #67 |
| 1896 | 7 | 329 | 336 | #63 |
| 1895 | — | 377 | 377 | #58 |
| 1894 | 5 | 325 | 330 | #63 |
| 1893 | — | 291 | 291 | #66 |
| 1892 | — | 285 | 285 | #72 |
| 1891 | — | 252 | 252 | #68 |
| 1890 | — | 263 | 263 | #69 |
| 1889 | — | 274 | 274 | #69 |
| 1888 | — | 288 | 288 | #72 |
| 1887 | — | 207 | 207 | #79 |
| 1886 | — | 287 | 287 | #65 |
| 1885 | — | 273 | 273 | #67 |
| 1884 | — | 338 | 338 | #58 |
| 1883 | — | 290 | 290 | #59 |
| 1882 | — | 300 | 300 | #61 |
| 1881 | — | 274 | 274 | #60 |
| 1880 | — | 168 | 168 | #85 |