Chestina — girls' name
115 babies named Chestina in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Chestina was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Chestina in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chestina
The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Chestina between 1917 and 2000, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chestina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chestina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Chestina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chestina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 115 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chestina at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chestina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
115 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 11 births in a single year.
Chestina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 27 births that decade — 23% of Chestina's all-time total
Chestina decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Chestina's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.