Kester
Kester is a surname and given name, usually considered as a diminutive form of Christopher. It may also be derived from Caistor, Lincolnshire, England.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kester
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kester is a surname and given name, usually considered as a diminutive form of Christopher. It may also be derived from Caistor, Lincolnshire, England.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kester
The earliest SSA record of Kester as a baby boy name dates back to 1913, when 6 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Kester — #1,707 in the national rankings. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2018 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 335 Kesters have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kester
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About the name Kester
Kester is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 335 births in the dataset. Kester's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #1,707. Use the chart and map above to compare Kester'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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