Chester is a boy's name of English origin meaning “a town or city, especially a Roman one.” In 2024 it was given to 102 boys in the United States.
Chester belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “a town or city, especially a Roman one” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Chester first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #53 in 1919, and in 2024 102 babies received the name — 121,369 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Chester means “a town or city, especially a Roman one” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Chester is a boy name. In 2024, 102 babies received the name in the US.
Chester comes from the English & American tradition.
Chester first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #53 in 1919, and 102 babies were given the name in 2024.
Chester is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stɚ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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