Boys' name · since 1913
Kester
335 babies named Kester in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,001 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 335
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Kester is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 335 have been recorded since 1913.
Kester has 335 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2018.
- #10,001 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 335 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kester ranks #10,001 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 335 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #10,001 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 335
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Kester's 335 recorded births place it above 77.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kester's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kester's SSA record in two at 1946 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kester popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2018
- Peak year (1915)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Kester by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (62 births, 19% of the file).
1920s was Kester's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Kester births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
51 births
- 1920s
1920s
62 births
- 1930s
1930s
44 births
- 1940s
1940s
47 births
- 1950s
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 62 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Kester's decade-level peak was the 1920s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2010s -- 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 Kester: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1913–2018 (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 Kester 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.