How Many People Are Named Chester?
people named Chester are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,230 people in the US has this name
Based on 122,302 babies named Chester in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,726 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who came from Chester, an old Roman settlement in Britain. The name of the settlement came from Latin castrum "camp, fortress".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Chester, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chester alive today is about 62 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chester first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 3,726 babies. In 2025, 107 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chester never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #53, in 1919, and it was in the top 100 for 50 years, 1880 to 1929. In 2025 it ranked #1,588.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,588 |
| Best rank | #53 (1919) |
| Years in the top 100 | 50 (1880 to 1929) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #69 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chester alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chester were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 2,179 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chester was given 2.1 times as often in Kentucky, 1.6 times in Arkansas and 1.4 times in West Virginia.
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