Meaning and history
From an English surname originally borne by someone from Chester, an ancient Roman settlement in Britain, the name ultimately derives from Latin castrum, meaning “camp” or “fortress.”
20062006: 71 births, rank #1,893
2007: 81 births, rank #1,795
2008: 92 births, rank #1,665
2009: 73 births, rank #1,942
2010: 74 births, rank #1,913
20112011: 82 births, rank #1,771
2012: 71 births, rank #1,983
2013: 78 births, rank #1,827
2014: 84 births, rank #1,781
2015: 98 births, rank #1,625
20162016: 76 births, rank #1,921
2017: 93 births, rank #1,695
2018: 93 births, rank #1,687
2019: 91 births, rank #1,723
2020: 99 births, rank #1,621
20212021: 68 births, rank #2,109
2022: 94 births, rank #1,760
2023: 96 births, rank #1,727
2024: 102 births, rank #1,650
20252025: 107 births, rank #1,585
Chester moved from #887 to #918 for boys between 1994 and 1995. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 3,698 births.