Kester
#9,107 most common boys' name of all time · #23,023 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–2018
Rank among boys
#9,107
Rank overall
#23,023 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
335
Since 2016
13
Peak year
1915 #1,778
Best rank
#1,778 1915
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Kester first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,749 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,849 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,740 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,628 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,960 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,036 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,224 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,891 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,703 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,679 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,305 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,515 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,579 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,510 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,473 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,400 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,174 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,678 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,604 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,630 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,155 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,479 |
| 1947 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,784 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,725 |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,888 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,768 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,756 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,302 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,353 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,771 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,127 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,888 |
| 1931 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,008 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,431 |
| 1929 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,416 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,359 |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,050 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,419 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,534 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,455 |
| 1921 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,758 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,905 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,908 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,901 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,351 |
| 1915 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,778 |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,760 |