Chester Name Popularity

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How popular is Chester?

Ranking 1,704th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Chester is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Chester has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 53, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1919.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1920 with 3,698 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Chester was 70 in 2006.

Chester, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1891-1895, 1901-1904, and 1907-1918, whereas 1928-1933, and 2003-2006 were years of successive downward movement.

Chester's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Chester be?

The popularity trend for Chester has been moving downward for a while. however, the number of children named Chester lately has risen.

The name Chester is quite distinctive but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Chester has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Chester (Girl)		Chester (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	91	1,704
2017		< 5	--	92	1,706
2016		< 5	--	76	1,922
2015		< 5	--	98	1,623
2014		< 5	--	84	1,779
2013		< 5	--	75	1,880
2012		< 5	--	71	1,983
2011		< 5	--	81	1,781
2010		< 5	--	73	1,927
2009		< 5	--	72	1,958
2008		< 5	--	90	1,692
2007		< 5	--	81	1,795
2006		< 5	--	70	1,920
2005		< 5	--	95	1,507
2004		< 5	--	88	1,518
2003		< 5	--	93	1,420
2002		< 5	--	96	1,370
2001		< 5	--	81	1,501
2000		< 5	--	108	1,236
1999		< 5	--	99	1,248
1998		< 5	--	116	1,105
1997		< 5	--	122	1,044
1996		< 5	--	124	1,006
1995		< 5	--	145	918
1994		< 5	--	149	887
1993		< 5	--	154	854
1992		< 5	--	203	725
1991		< 5	--	209	700
1990		< 5	--	226	674
1989		< 5	--	227	665
1988		< 5	--	227	631
1987		< 5	--	251	570
1986		< 5	--	220	600
1985		< 5	--	263	539
1984		< 5	--	285	503
1983		5	10,558	292	494
1982		< 5	--	331	465
1981		< 5	--	348	442
1980		< 5	--	350	445
1979		< 5	--	354	424
1978		< 5	--	378	398
1977		< 5	--	393	397
1976		< 5	--	370	404
1975		< 5	--	355	409
1974		6	7,847	429	367
1973		< 5	--	422	373
1972		6	7,429	411	389
1971		< 5	--	508	356
1970		6	7,194	515	359
1969		< 5	--	544	333
1968		5	7,160	501	344
1967		< 5	--	533	325
1966		7	5,348	536	323
1965		< 5	--	629	299
1964		< 5	--	710	294
1963		< 5	--	733	286
1962		6	5,952	773	277
1961		5	6,706	889	265
1960		< 5	--	935	260
1959		5	6,391	1,001	253
1958		7	4,968	1,051	239
1957		13	3,343	1,177	221
1956		< 5	--	1,258	207
1955		5	5,968	1,252	203
1954		8	4,334	1,419	185
1953		12	3,304	1,382	183
1952		14	2,933	1,454	180
1951		6	4,930	1,402	178
1950		8	4,011	1,378	169
1949		11	3,219	1,439	163
1948		10	3,389	1,557	158
1947		12	3,082	1,713	154
1946		12	2,900	1,620	149
1945		14	2,350	1,444	144
1944		15	2,305	1,522	137
1943		9	3,281	1,630	137
1942		15	2,324	1,558	137
1941		10	2,871	1,447	136
1940		9	2,993	1,353	137
1939		6	3,827	1,297	133
1938		< 5	--	1,235	136
1937		13	2,338	1,271	129
1936		13	2,281	1,278	127
1935		9	2,962	1,431	121
1934		19	1,780	1,384	123
1933		6	3,813	1,399	119
1932		13	2,386	1,606	112
1931		18	1,887	1,718	105
1930		17	2,031	1,790	103
1929		18	1,961	1,968	96
1928		30	1,433	2,243	88
1927		18	2,110	2,407	85
1926		35	1,330	2,534	79
1925		19	2,043	2,720	73
1924		23	1,818	3,032	67
1923		23	1,789	3,149	63
1922		22	1,842	3,132	64
1921		24	1,778	3,550	56
1920		28	1,557	3,698	55
1919		30	1,430	3,432	53
1918		20	1,894	3,692	54
1917		21	1,725	3,338	56
1916		20	1,747	3,213	54
1915		14	2,155	3,043	54
1914		18	1,553	2,289	56
1913		14	1,611	1,765	56
1912		16	1,362	1,460	55
1911		9	1,686	708	58
1910		11	1,440	561	61
1909		5	2,266	475	66
1908		5	2,169	461	66
1907		< 5	--	424	67
1906		9	1,339	420	61
1905		< 5	--	388	64
1904		< 5	--	355	69
1903		9	1,224	327	68
1902		7	1,466	321	74
1901		< 5	--	253	75
1900		7	1,601	364	72
1899		6	1,432	288	66
1898		< 5	--	321	66
1897		< 5	--	290	67
1896		7	1,311	329	63
1895		< 5	--	377	57
1894		5	1,522	325	63
1893		< 5	--	291	66
1892		< 5	--	285	72
1891		< 5	--	252	68
1890		< 5	--	263	69
1889		< 5	--	274	69
1888		< 5	--	288	72
1887		< 5	--	207	78
1886		< 5	--	287	65
1885		< 5	--	273	67
1884		< 5	--	338	58
1883		< 5	--	290	59
1882		< 5	--	300	60
1881		< 5	--	274	59
1880		< 5	--	168	85

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.