Vester
Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,009 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to boys 79.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,566since 1882
Vester over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | #1,731 | 22 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,568 | 25 | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #1,458 | 28 |
| 1954 | — | #1,762 | 19 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #1,233 | 35 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #1,249 | 28 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,438 | 22 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,006 | 44 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #1,298 | 29 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | — | #1,107 | 35 | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #951 | 44 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #1,094 | 35 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #881 | 51 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | #970 | 43 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #915 | 50 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | #983 | 45 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #873 | 57 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #960 | 49 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | #902 | 55 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #825 | 65 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #902 | 55 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #1,012 | 46 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | #782 | 74 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #835 | 66 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #766 | 74 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #825 | 69 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #816 | 67 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | #877 | 57 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | #753 | 73 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 | #797 | 62 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | #724 | 69 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #725 | 67 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | #734 | 51 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | #707 | 20 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | #782 | 15 |
| 1909 | — | #636 | 18 | |
| 1908 | — | #566 | 20 | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #699 | 13 |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Vester! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Vester is popular in 1899
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Vester
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1899 (#1,002 → #613)
- Biggest drop: 324 spots in 1889 (#554 → #878)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1894 at #521 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1899–1924
- Highest: 1 in 7,717 boys born in 1908 were named Vester (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #521 in 1894, was only 1 in 7,718 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.2% of all boys named Vester (620) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1906, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | #554 (1888) | #743 |
| 1890s | 85 | #521 (1894) | #785 |
| 1900s | 122 | #566 (1908) | #741 |
| 1910s | 479 | #707 (1911) | #770 |
| 1920s | 620 | #766 (1922) | #863 |
| 1930s | 416 | #873 (1930) | #1,025 |
| 1940s | 307 | #1,006 (1943) | #1,261 |
| 1950s | 228 | #1,373 (1951) | #1,672 |
| 1960s | 145 | #1,731 (1961) | #2,261 |
| 1970s | 82 | #2,558 (1971) | #4,138 |
| 1980s | 44 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,968 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,236 |
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.
Vester in 1899
Top boys' names in 1899
More about 1899
boys
106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 9,656 of them was named Vester, which outranked 48.9% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).