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Chester

Boy · Latin, through English

Chester

Say it: CHESS-ter

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Meaning

From the English city, from Latin castra 'camp'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A popular American place-name given name of the late 19th century.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1910s

In the United States

0123418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1918per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 121,821 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1918, about 1 in 275 boys
  • 98 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

American

Famous bearers

  • Chester A. Arthur, US president

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Where this comes from

  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.