girls:
16 births since 1915
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
12 births since 1933
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
28 births since 1915
#7711 (0th percentile)
The name Dester is the #7,711 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 28 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1933.
Dester first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for girls and 1933 for boys). Birth data for Dester is available in 5 out of the 41 years between 1915 and 1955 (3 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dester has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.1% of all recorded births). In 1955, 0.0% of babies named Dester were girls. Interestingly, until around 1948, the name was more popular for girls (76.2% girls from 1915 to 1947), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1948 to 1955).
For girls, Dester reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #575) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1935.
For boys, Dester reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #637) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1955.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dester".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dester. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.1% confident that Dester is pronounced as DEH-ster, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-stuh, at 2.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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