Vester**
#2,325 most common boys' name of all time · #5,607 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1882–1991 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,325
Rank overall
#5,607 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
3,228
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #783
Best rank
#541 1894
Girls
Boys
peak 95/yr
Vester first appears in 1882. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,299 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,955 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,325 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,501 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,728 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,363 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,659 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,539 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,396 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,818 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,159 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,980 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,354 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,870 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,463 |
| 1972 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,178 |
| 1971 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,575 |
| 1970 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,922 |
| 1969 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,235 |
| 1968 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,756 |
| 1967 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1966 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,903 |
| 1965 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,937 |
| 1964 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #2,331 |
| 1963 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,852 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,348 |
| 1961 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,744 |
| 1960 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #2,447 |
| 1959 | 10 | 20 | 30 | #1,826 |
| 1958 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,524 |
| 1957 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,495 |
| 1956 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1955 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #1,463 |
| 1954 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,775 |
| 1953 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #1,726 |
| 1952 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,629 |
| 1951 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #1,384 |
| 1950 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,446 |
| 1949 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1948 | 6 | 31 | 37 | #1,301 |
| 1947 | 6 | 35 | 41 | #1,238 |
| 1946 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #1,285 |
| 1945 | 10 | 28 | 38 | #1,253 |
| 1944 | 9 | 22 | 31 | #1,447 |
| 1943 | 7 | 44 | 51 | #1,013 |
| 1942 | 9 | 29 | 38 | #1,303 |
| 1941 | 12 | 26 | 38 | #1,312 |
| 1940 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,117 |
| 1939 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #1,248 |
| 1938 | 15 | 44 | 59 | #957 |
| 1937 | 12 | 35 | 47 | #1,102 |
| 1936 | 10 | 33 | 43 | #1,156 |
| 1935 | 11 | 51 | 62 | #888 |
| 1934 | 16 | 43 | 59 | #974 |
| 1933 | 12 | 30 | 42 | #1,218 |
| 1932 | 18 | 50 | 68 | #920 |
| 1931 | 18 | 45 | 63 | #990 |
| 1930 | 11 | 57 | 68 | #878 |
| 1929 | 16 | 49 | 65 | #968 |
| 1928 | 18 | 55 | 73 | #907 |
| 1927 | 14 | 65 | 79 | #832 |
| 1926 | 18 | 55 | 73 | #909 |
| 1925 | 19 | 46 | 65 | #1,013 |
| 1924 | 21 | 74 | 95 | #783 |
| 1923 | 11 | 66 | 77 | #838 |
| 1922 | 14 | 74 | 88 | #771 |
| 1921 | 14 | 69 | 83 | #830 |
| 1920 | 13 | 67 | 80 | #821 |
| 1919 | 25 | 57 | 82 | #885 |
| 1918 | 21 | 73 | 94 | #757 |
| 1917 | 21 | 62 | 83 | #801 |
| 1916 | 15 | 69 | 84 | #730 |
| 1915 | 17 | 67 | 84 | #732 |
| 1914 | 11 | 51 | 62 | #739 |
| 1913 | 10 | 33 | 43 | #846 |
| 1912 | 13 | 32 | 45 | #779 |
| 1911 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #727 |
| 1910 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #812 |
| 1909 | — | 18 | 18 | #650 |
| 1908 | — | 20 | 20 | #583 |
| 1907 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #805 |
| 1906 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #979 |
| 1905 | 12 | 14 | 26 | #660 |
| 1904 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #678 |
| 1903 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #768 |
| 1902 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #986 |
| 1901 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #908 |
| 1900 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #734 |
| 1899 | — | 11 | 11 | #657 |
| 1898 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #1,071 |
| 1897 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #913 |
| 1896 | — | 12 | 12 | #670 |
| 1895 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #854 |
| 1894 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #541 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #994 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #936 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #926 |
| 1890 | — | 7 | 7 | #865 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #941 |
| 1888 | — | 13 | 13 | #579 |
| 1884 | — | 8 | 8 | #753 |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | #941 |