CHESTER is ranked as the 507th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 107,831.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 33.82 people named CHESTER for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 86% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named CHESTER is 45,069.
The SSA data also shows that CHESTER is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
CHESTER is
80.9% White,
2.2% Hispanic origin,
13.2% Black,
1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name CHESTER have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name CHESTER is included in the following name categories:
Masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name CHESTER
The state with the most people named
CHESTER is
Pennsylvania where
7,784 people have this name.
Kentucky is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named CHESTER, as
98.4 in every 100,000
Kentuckians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Kentucky is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name CHESTER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
6,998
54.33
99.4%
Indiana
4,099
62.14
99.0%
Iowa
582
18.75
97.4%
Kansas
1,617
55.7
97.7%
Michigan
3,907
39.43
99.4%
Minnesota
1,136
20.81
98.5%
Missouri
1,915
63.94
98.4%
Nebraska
519
27.59
95.4%
North Dakota
233
31.54
90.4%
Ohio
6,875
59.29
99.2%
South Dakota
195
22.8
89.2%
Wisconsin
1,713
29.75
98.7%
West States
State stats for the first name CHESTER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
303
41.08
91.5%
Arizona
2,403
35.7
98.2%
California
7,272
18.74
99.4%
Colorado
1,371
25.6
97.8%
Hawaii
476
33.5
97.3%
Idaho
640
39.17
95.8%
Montana
361
35.25
93.3%
Nevada
908
31.98
97.2%
New Mexico
699
33.53
95.5%
Oregon
1,447
36.44
97.8%
Utah
646
21.95
96.1%
Washington
1,640
23.23
98.8%
Wyoming
242
41.5
91.3%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name CHESTER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
682
18.97
97.2%
Maine
285
21.44
92.5%
Massachusetts
1,241
18.39
97.7%
New Hampshire
308
23.24
93.8%
New Jersey
1,678
18.78
98.3%
New York
6,128
31.04
99.5%
Pennsylvania
7,784
60.87
99.4%
Rhode Island
137
12.96
91.4%
Vermont
274
43.79
95.2%
South States
State stats for the first name CHESTER
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have CHESTER as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named CHESTER.
The most popular full name is CHESTER Smith.
1.12% of all the people named CHESTER
have this family name.
There are 11040 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name CHESTER