Nestor
#1,529 for boys in 2025, 113 births
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 300 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,430since 1885
Nestor over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nestor has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,529 | 113 |
| 2024 | #1,709 | 97 |
| 2023 | #1,774 | 91 |
| 2022 | #2,000 | 76 |
| 2021 | #1,721 | 94 |
| 2020 | #1,731 | 89 |
| 2019 | #1,548 | 108 |
| 2018 | #1,663 | 96 |
| 2017 | #1,393 | 126 |
| 2016 | #1,548 | 107 |
| 2015 | #1,381 | 125 |
| 2014 | #1,492 | 108 |
| 2013 | #1,520 | 106 |
| 2012 | #1,439 | 115 |
| 2011 | #1,364 | 123 |
| 2010 | #1,127 | 165 |
| 2009 | #1,156 | 157 |
| 2008 | #1,005 | 194 |
| 2007 | #946 | 209 |
| 2006 | #934 | 201 |
| 2005 | #828 | 226 |
| 2004 | #878 | 197 |
| 2003 | #891 | 189 |
| 2002 | #847 | 196 |
| 2001 | #778 | 218 |
| 2000 | #727 | 236 |
| 1999 | #682 | 247 |
| 1998 | #727 | 226 |
| 1997 | #747 | 201 |
| 1996 | #684 | 237 |
| 1995 | #656 | 253 |
| 1994 | #630 | 271 |
| 1993 | #609 | 290 |
| 1992 | #597 | 298 |
| 1991 | #586 | 300 |
| 1990 | #623 | 264 |
| 1989 | #618 | 255 |
| 1988 | #643 | 216 |
| 1987 | #688 | 173 |
| 1986 | #785 | 133 |
| 1985 | #755 | 139 |
| 1984 | #815 | 115 |
| 1983 | #838 | 108 |
| 1982 | #849 | 109 |
| 1981 | #900 | 98 |
| 1980 | #859 | 106 |
| 1979 | #926 | 90 |
| 1978 | #886 | 94 |
| 1977 | #1,007 | 73 |
| 1976 | #933 | 80 |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 56 |
| 1974 | #867 | 85 |
| 1973 | #904 | 78 |
| 1972 | #993 | 66 |
| 1971 | #990 | 67 |
| 1970 | #902 | 79 |
| 1969 | #989 | 60 |
| 1968 | #958 | 58 |
| 1967 | #968 | 56 |
| 1966 | #961 | 57 |
| 1965 | #1,163 | 42 |
| 1964 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1963 | #1,052 | 52 |
| 1962 | #996 | 59 |
| 1961 | #1,042 | 56 |
| 1960 | #1,083 | 51 |
| 1959 | #1,050 | 54 |
| 1958 | #978 | 60 |
| 1957 | #1,015 | 56 |
| 1956 | #1,317 | 34 |
| 1955 | #1,294 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,155 | 41 |
| 1952 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,326 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,390 | 24 |
| 1934 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,259 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,237 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1924 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,240 | 29 |
| 1915 | #1,159 | 31 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five boys were named Nestor! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nestor is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- California#501 · 1 in 5,852
- New Jersey#523 · 1 in 7,332
- Illinois#573 · 1 in 8,386
- New York#588 · 1 in 8,283
- Texas#642 · 1 in 8,481
Best ever in a state: #68 in New Mexico, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #501 | 35 | 1 in 5,852 |
| New Jersey | #523 | 6 | 1 in 7,332 |
| Illinois | #573 | 10 | 1 in 8,386 |
| New York | #588 | 14 | 1 in 8,283 |
| Texas | #642 | 17 | 1 in 8,481 |
| Florida | #712 | 6 | 1 in 11,009 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 180 spots since 2024 (#1,709 → #1,529)
- 202 spots since 2020 (#1,731 → #1,529)
- 148 spots since 2015 (#1,381 → #1,529)
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #930)
- Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1975 (#867 → #1,127)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1991 at #586 (300 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1978–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,703
- Highest: 1 in 6,703 boys born in 1992 were named Nestor (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,116 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #586 in 1991, was only 1 in 6,734 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 24.8% of all boys named Nestor (2,587) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #936 (1885) | #936 |
| 1890s | 17 | #872 (1895) | #1,017 |
| 1900s | 26 | #930 (1907) | #1,132 |
| 1910s | 185 | #1,159 (1915) | #1,434 |
| 1920s | 257 | #1,237 (1929) | #1,525 |
| 1930s | 217 | #1,241 (1934) | #1,536 |
| 1940s | 214 | #1,348 (1949) | #1,579 |
| 1950s | 404 | #978 (1958) | #1,223 |
| 1960s | 536 | #958 (1968) | #1,036 |
| 1970s | 768 | #867 (1974) | #954 |
| 1980s | 1,452 | #618 (1989) | #775 |
| 1990s | 2,587 | #586 (1991) | #654 |
| 2000s | 2,023 | #727 (2000) | #899 |
| 2010s | 1,179 | #1,127 (2010) | #1,448 |
| 2020s | 560 | #1,529 (2025) | #1,744 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nestor in 1982
boys
#849
109 births · 1 in 16,646 boys
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 16,646 of them was named Nestor, which outranked 88.5% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).