Dester
Dəstər is a village and municipality in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 362.
Meaning & Origin of Dester
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dəstər is a village and municipality in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 362.
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The Story of Dester
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Dester as a girl name dates back to 1915, when 5 babies received it. 1935 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Dester — #3,742 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Dester on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Dester last appeared in the published SSA data in 1935, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Dester as a boy name dates back to 1933, when 5 babies received it. 1955 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Dester — #3,200 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Dester on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Dester last appeared in the published SSA data in 1955, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dester
Dester is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Dester's peak popularity came in 1935 when it ranked #3,742. Use the chart and map above to compare Dester's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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