Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
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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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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