Chester
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Chester peaked in the 1910s and the 1920s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
249 people · the #21,756 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 44
Among people named Chester living in Brazil at the 2022 census, roughly as many were born in the 1970s as in the 1980s, more than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Chester
People given the name Chester in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Chester deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Chester truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Chester fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Chester travels
Polish · Historically used in Polish American communities as an English stand-in for Czesław.
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