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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| 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 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#245 · 1 in 1,779
- Tennessee#264 · 1 in 2,198
- Oklahoma#282 · 1 in 2,166
- North Carolina#296 · 1 in 2,629
- Texas#561 · 1 in 5,289
Best ever in a state: #204 in Alabama, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #245 | 11 | 1 in 1,779 |
| Tennessee | #264 | 8 | 1 in 2,198 |
| Oklahoma | #282 | 7 | 1 in 2,166 |
| North Carolina | #296 | 9 | 1 in 2,629 |
| Texas | #561 | 7 | 1 in 5,289 |
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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.
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 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 57,874 of them was named Vester, which outranked 62.1% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,800Vola18
- #1,800Wilna18
- #1,800Zela18
- #1,883Vester17
- #1,883Albena17
- #1,883Aldea17
- #1,883Alwilda17
- #1,964Alison16
- #1,964Angelyn16
- #1,964Annamay16
Tied with 80 names at #1,883; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 12,665 of them was named Vester, which outranked 83.5% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).