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Baby name
Chester
Boy
Origin of the name
Chester comes from the English city of Chester, from the Latin castra, “camp,” a Roman fort.
Classic name
121,474births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 55rank at its peak, in 1920
Where babies named Chester are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Chester is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Chester is most common in Kentucky (2.7 times), Arkansas (2.2) and West Virginia (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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