Chester

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Chester is a masculine given name of English origins with Latin roots. It comes from the word "castrum", which means fort or encampment.

From Wikipedia

Chester first appears in the data in 1967 and has been recorded in 46 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 9 babies (rank #732 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Chester

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Chester yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

150
Total babies (all years)
46
Years in the data
9
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19672#914
19682#943
19694#829
19714#830
19725#789
19734#809
19744#821
19753#929
19763#923
19774#831
19784#837
19794#857
19804#878
19814#886
19821#1,217
19831#1,222
19841#1,232
19851#1,247
19863#993
19873#997
19883#1,020
19893#1,040
19903#1,050
19915#910
19929#732
19937#820
19945#932
19955#920
19964#999
19972#1,227
19982#1,237
19992#1,275
20004#1,063
20015#990
20021#1,447
20031#1,414
20041#1,418
20054#1,044
20064#1,038
20074#1,019
20084#1,036
20092#1,206
20102#1,180
20122#1,097
20132#1,137
20153#26