Nestor
#1,148 most common boys' name of all time · #2,721 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1885–2025
Rank among boys
#1,148
Rank overall
#2,721 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
10,430
Since 2016
997
Peak year
1991 #586
Best rank
#586 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 300/yr
Nestor first appears in 1885. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,530 |
| 2024 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,710 |
| 2023 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,776 |
| 2022 | — | 76 | 76 | #2,002 |
| 2021 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,723 |
| 2020 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,732 |
| 2019 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,550 |
| 2018 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,666 |
| 2017 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,394 |
| 2016 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,549 |
| 2015 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,381 |
| 2014 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,493 |
| 2013 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,521 |
| 2012 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,440 |
| 2011 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,365 |
| 2010 | — | 165 | 165 | #1,129 |
| 2009 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,156 |
| 2008 | — | 194 | 194 | #1,006 |
| 2007 | — | 209 | 209 | #946 |
| 2006 | — | 201 | 201 | #934 |
| 2005 | — | 226 | 226 | #828 |
| 2004 | — | 197 | 197 | #878 |
| 2003 | — | 189 | 189 | #891 |
| 2002 | — | 196 | 196 | #847 |
| 2001 | — | 218 | 218 | #778 |
| 2000 | — | 236 | 236 | #727 |
| 1999 | — | 247 | 247 | #683 |
| 1998 | — | 226 | 226 | #728 |
| 1997 | — | 201 | 201 | #748 |
| 1996 | — | 237 | 237 | #684 |
| 1995 | — | 253 | 253 | #657 |
| 1994 | — | 271 | 271 | #631 |
| 1993 | — | 290 | 290 | #611 |
| 1992 | — | 298 | 298 | #597 |
| 1991 | — | 300 | 300 | #586 |
| 1990 | — | 264 | 264 | #623 |
| 1989 | — | 255 | 255 | #619 |
| 1988 | — | 216 | 216 | #643 |
| 1987 | — | 173 | 173 | #688 |
| 1986 | — | 133 | 133 | #787 |
| 1985 | — | 139 | 139 | #755 |
| 1984 | — | 115 | 115 | #816 |
| 1983 | — | 108 | 108 | #839 |
| 1982 | — | 109 | 109 | #850 |
| 1981 | — | 98 | 98 | #903 |
| 1980 | — | 106 | 106 | #863 |
| 1979 | — | 90 | 90 | #926 |
| 1978 | — | 94 | 94 | #887 |
| 1977 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,009 |
| 1976 | — | 80 | 80 | #935 |
| 1975 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,133 |
| 1974 | — | 85 | 85 | #875 |
| 1973 | — | 78 | 78 | #905 |
| 1972 | — | 66 | 66 | #997 |
| 1971 | — | 67 | 67 | #993 |
| 1970 | — | 79 | 79 | #903 |
| 1969 | — | 60 | 60 | #994 |
| 1968 | — | 58 | 58 | #964 |
| 1967 | — | 56 | 56 | #974 |
| 1966 | — | 57 | 57 | #963 |
| 1965 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,177 |
| 1964 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,151 |
| 1963 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,059 |
| 1962 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,001 |
| 1961 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,047 |
| 1960 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,093 |
| 1959 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,057 |
| 1958 | — | 60 | 60 | #986 |
| 1957 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,017 |
| 1956 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,327 |
| 1955 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,298 |
| 1954 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1953 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,166 |
| 1952 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,359 |
| 1951 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1950 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,410 |
| 1949 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,359 |
| 1948 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,439 |
| 1947 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,409 |
| 1946 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,453 |
| 1945 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,554 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,349 |
| 1943 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,502 |
| 1942 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1941 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,603 |
| 1940 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,595 |
| 1939 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,823 |
| 1938 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,413 |
| 1937 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1936 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,341 |
| 1935 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,405 |
| 1934 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,252 |
| 1933 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,667 |
| 1932 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,807 |
| 1931 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 1930 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,266 |
| 1929 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,251 |
| 1928 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1927 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1926 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,542 |
| 1925 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,439 |
| 1924 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,511 |
| 1923 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,476 |
| 1922 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,267 |
| 1921 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,346 |
| 1920 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1919 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,184 |
| 1918 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,671 |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,504 |
| 1916 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,253 |
| 1915 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,170 |
| 1914 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,208 |
| 1913 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,234 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,470 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,628 |
| 1910 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,378 |
| 1908 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,177 |
| 1907 | — | 9 | 9 | #979 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,346 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,336 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,230 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,179 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #956 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,083 |