Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Chester

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Chester
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.2% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

3,698

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

97.2%

2024

102

All-time

121,369

Chester once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 3,698 boys were named Chester.

In 2024, only 102 boys were given the name.

Down 97.2% from its peak.

All told, about 121,369 Americans have been named Chester and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.2% from peak

19203,698 boys named Chester

2024102 boys named Chester

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