Girls' name · since 1917
Chestina
Chestina has 115 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
115 girls have been named Chestina since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chestina has 115 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2000.
- #25,595 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 115 born since 1917
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chestina ranks #25,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1917, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chestina's 115 recorded births place it above 64.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chestina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chestina's full recorded timeline at 1961, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chestina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2000
- Peak year (1917)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Chestina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (27 births, 23% of the file).
1970s was Chestina's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Chestina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
- 1930s
1930s
15 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 27 births (23% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chestina's data
- Chestina's decade-level peak was the 1970s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chestina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~83 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chestina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.