as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from the city of Chester, so called from an Old English form of Latin castra ‘legionary camp’. Use as a given name has become quite common since the 20th century.
| 664th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 66,618
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 106,683
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Chester per capita
- 1918
- marked the height of its popularity
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71%
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24%
30-54
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4%
13-29
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