NameTides

Chester

Chester was the #1,585 boys' name in the US in 2025 (107 babies), and #128 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Chester as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Chester as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Chester as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,585 (107)#128 (388)#441 (7)——#1,251 (19)
2024#1,650 (102)#116 (464)#307 (12)—#785 (3)#1,156 (20)
2023#1,727 (96)#89 (583)#249 (16)#249 (7)#584 (5)#947 (25)
2022#1,760 (94)#91 (612)#325 (11)#264 (7)—#1,237 (17)
2021#2,109 (68)#87 (680)#244 (18)#266 (7)#755 (3)#1,039 (22)
2020#1,621 (99)#84 (691)#186 (24)#334 (4)#637 (4)#1,071 (20)
2019#1,723 (91)#90 (680)#355 (9)#312 (5)—#995 (22)
2018#1,687 (93)#112 (555)#325 (11)#365 (4)—#1,334 (14)
2017#1,695 (93)#195 (279)———#1,510 (12)
2016#1,921 (76)#225 (248)———#1,831 (9)
2015#1,625 (98)#231 (247)———#1,577 (11)
2014#1,781 (84)#359 (116)———#1,062 (19)
2013#1,827 (78)#581 (61)———#1,926 (8)
2012#1,983 (71)#507 (74)———#1,655 (10)
2011#1,771 (82)#588 (59)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1918 at #54.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 700common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Chester is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Chester by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Chester (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChesterCanadaBoys#1,25119
ChesterEngland & WalesBoys#128388
ChesterIrelandBoys—too few
ChesterNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ChesterScotlandBoys#4417
ChesterUSGirls—too few
ChesterUSBoys#1,585107