How Many People Are Named Vester?
people named Vester are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 484,801 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,228 babies named Vester in Social Security records from 1882 to 1991, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
95 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of SYLVESTER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Vester, 16.5% were girls and 83.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Vester fell from 23.4% in the 1890s to 11% in the 1960s. It was highest in the 1900s, at 36.5%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vester alive today is about 70 years old, and 76% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vester first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1924, to 95 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1991.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 1991
🏆 Rank History
Vester has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #540, in 1894. Among girls, its best rank was #1,090, in 1904.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #540 (1894) | #1,090 (1904) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #862 in the 1920s | #1,751 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vester alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vester were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 16 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vester was given 9.2 times as often in Alabama, 7.4 times in Arkansas and 5.8 times in Mississippi.
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