Vester
Vester was last recorded in 1991, when 5 babies were given it; 3,228 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 1991 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vester by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Vester?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,577, in 1991; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
95 babies in 1924, the peak
Vester peaked in 1924, when 95 babies were given it (74 boys, #786 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | under 5 | 5 | #9,577 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 5 | #9,162 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 5 | #8,437 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 7 | #6,058 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 8 | #5,118 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 5 | #7,293 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 6 | #6,352 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 8 | #4,940 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 6 | #6,025 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 5 | #6,724 |
Every recorded year (102)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | under 5 | 6 | #5,816 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 6 | #5,555 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 7 | #4,782 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 8 | #4,168 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 9 | #3,679 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 10 | #3,333 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 14 | #2,677 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 11 | #3,062 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 15 | #2,302 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 10 | #2,895 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 13 | #2,343 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 17 | #1,959 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 17 | #1,983 | |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,746 | 13 | #2,404 |
| 1963 | under 5 | 19 | #1,898 | |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,548 | 7 | #3,624 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 22 | #1,775 | |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,679 | 12 | #2,528 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,292 | 20 | #1,862 |
| 1958 | under 5 | 11 | #2,632 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 28 | #1,509 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 25 | #1,605 | |
| 1955 | 7 | #5,181 | 28 | #1,480 |
| 1954 | under 5 | 19 | #1,821 | |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,465 | 20 | #1,762 |
| 1952 | under 5 | 22 | #1,659 | |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,387 | 29 | #1,404 |
| 1950 | under 5 | 26 | #1,461 | |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,883 | 27 | #1,431 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,216 | 31 | #1,321 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,269 | 35 | #1,250 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,935 | 30 | #1,297 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,120 | 28 | #1,268 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,366 | 22 | #1,478 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,176 | 44 | #1,016 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,428 | 29 | #1,314 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,661 | 26 | #1,331 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 35 | #1,133 | |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,765 | 28 | #1,270 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,218 | 44 | #962 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,559 | 35 | #1,117 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,846 | 33 | #1,167 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,721 | 51 | #893 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,082 | 43 | #981 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,533 | 30 | #1,227 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,951 | 50 | #923 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,936 | 45 | #996 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,833 | 57 | #884 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,179 | 49 | #974 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,087 | 55 | #911 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,539 | 65 | #839 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,155 | 55 | #915 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,114 | 46 | #1,021 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,988 | 74 | #786 |
| 1923 | 11 | #3,111 | 66 | #840 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,603 | 74 | #778 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,624 | 69 | #833 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,722 | 67 | #825 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,647 | 57 | #888 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,879 | 73 | #760 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,771 | 62 | #803 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,238 | 69 | #733 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,958 | 67 | #733 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,253 | 51 | #744 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,149 | 33 | #852 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,615 | 32 | #781 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,440 | 20 | #730 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,333 | 15 | #820 |
| 1909 | under 5 | 18 | #652 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 20 | #581 | |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,808 | 12 | #809 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,409 | 8 | #997 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,159 | 14 | #662 |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,090 | 13 | #682 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,432 | 10 | #781 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,781 | 7 | #1,007 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,668 | 7 | #938 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,312 | 13 | #732 |
| 1899 | under 5 | 11 | #659 | |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,372 | 6 | #1,113 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,785 | 7 | #936 |
| 1896 | under 5 | 12 | #672 | |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,294 | 8 | #867 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,697 | 15 | #540 |
| 1893 | under 5 | 6 | #1,022 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 7 | #947 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 6 | #953 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 7 | #876 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 6 | #966 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 13 | #578 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 8 | #756 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 6 | #937 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Vester a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,228 Americans recorded as Vester, 21% are girls and 79% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Vester: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vester, and how old are they?
An estimated 678 Americans named Vester and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 61 and 81. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 739 people named Vester (138 women and girls, 601 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 898 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Vester born?
The states with the most babies named Vester are Alabama, North Carolina and Arkansas, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Arkansas are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 223 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| North Carolina | 130 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Arkansas | 119 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Mississippi | 104 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 89 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 69 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Oklahoma | 66 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 55 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Kentucky | 43 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 29 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Vester is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vester is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Vester with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vester
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vester and names like it
- Compare Vester and GarnettBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sVester peaked in 1924.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vester since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Vester.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vester alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.