Dester — unisex name

What the Data Says About Dester

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Dester between 1915 and 1935, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dester currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Dester is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 1933.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dester performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dester shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dester 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 16 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.