Girls' name · since 1914
Chestine
307 babies named Chestine in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,698 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 307
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
Chestine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 307 recorded since 1914.
Chestine has 307 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1964.
- #15,698 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 307 born since 1914
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chestine ranks #15,698 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 307 born since 1914, peaking in the 1940s.
- #15,698 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 307
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
Chestine's 307 recorded births place it above 78.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Chestine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chestine splits its recorded history at 1940: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chestine popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1964
- Peak year (1925)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Chestine popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1924 (Chestine as boys' name)
Chestine by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (84 births, 27% of the file).
1940s was Chestine's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Chestine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 28
1910s
28 births
- 1920s
1920s
82 births
- 1930s
1930s
51 births
- 1940s
1940s
84 births
- 1950s
1950s
47 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 84 births (27% of all-time use).
Chestine by state
Where Chestine concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 307 births nationwide.
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What to do with Chestine's data
- Chestine's decade-level peak was the 1940s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Chestines (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chestine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1914–1964 (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 Chestine 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.