Kester Popularity by Year

Follow Kester across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Kester birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2018	Boys	7	#9,670	Up 1,074 places
2016	Boys	6	#10,744	Down 100 places
2015	Boys	6	#10,644	Up 1,847 places
2009	Boys	5	#12,491	Down 2,620 places
2008	Boys	7	#9,871	Up 1,023 places
2003	Boys	5	#10,894	Down 1,782 places
2000	Boys	6	#9,112	Down 3,327 places
1985	Boys	6	#5,785	Down 224 places
1984	Boys	6	#5,561	Down 968 places
1982	Boys	8	#4,593	Down 403 places
1974	Boys	7	#4,190	Down 745 places
1973	Boys	9	#3,445	Up 996 places
1972	Boys	6	#4,441	Down 66 places
1971	Boys	6	#4,375	Down 1,038 places
1960	Boys	7	#3,337	Down 62 places
1958	Boys	7	#3,275	Up 718 places
1957	Boys	5	#3,993	Down 458 places
1956	Boys	6	#3,535	Down 83 places
1954	Boys	6	#3,452	Down 921 places
1953	Boys	10	#2,531	Up 488 places
1949	Boys	7	#3,019	Up 297 places
1948	Boys	6	#3,316	Down 645 places
1947	Boys	9	#2,671	Up 854 places
1946	Boys	5	#3,525	Down 782 places
1945	Boys	7	#2,743	Down 110 places
1944	Boys	8	#2,633	Up 905 places
1943	Boys	5	#3,538	Down 425 places
1939	Boys	6	#3,113	Up 62 places
1937	Boys	6	#3,175	Up 374 places
1936	Boys	5	#3,549	Down 598 places
1935	Boys	7	#2,951	Up 728 places
1934	Boys	5	#3,679	Down 815 places
1931	Boys	8	#2,864	Up 425 places
1930	Boys	7	#3,289	Down 972 places
1929	Boys	12	#2,317	Up 1,834 places
1928	Boys	5	#4,151	Down 1,239 places
1927	Boys	9	#2,912	Up 1,285 places
1925	Boys	5	#4,197	Up 150 places
1924	Boys	5	#4,347	Down 108 places
1923	Boys	5	#4,239	Down 1,607 places
1921	Boys	11	#2,632	Up 133 places
1920	Boys	10	#2,765	Up 971 places
1919	Boys	6	#3,736	Down 8 places
1918	Boys	6	#3,728	Down 996 places
1917	Boys	9	#2,732	Up 445 places
1916	Boys	7	#3,177	Down 1,470 places
1915	Boys	17	#1,707	Up 789 places
1913	Boys	6	#2,496	—