Boy
Chester
Chester is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.
Old EnglishOld English "ceaster"
EtymologyMeaning "fortress, walled town"
Births by decade
1900s
3,830
1910s
23,673
1920s
28,672
1930s
14,522
1940s
15,400
1950s
12,850
1960s
6,806
1970s
4,153
1980s
2,798
1990s
1,547
2000s
870
2010s
649
Peaked in the 1920s · 115,770 total U.S. births since 1900