Kester

Popularity Trends

The name Kester is the #7,404 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 335 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,251 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 335 births since 1913.

Kester first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for boys in 1913). Birth data for Kester is available in 48 out of the 106 years between 1913 and 2018. 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.

For boys, Kester reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #491) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 19 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2018.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kester".

1913 2018 19132018

Key Statistics

Total Births

335

Peak Births

Peak Year

1915

First Recorded

1913

Peak Percentile

2.4%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#491

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kester", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Kester.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Kester's popularity from 1910 to 2018 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Kester at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Kester range from Wanza at 69.1% correlation to Garvis at 67.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 67.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Orman with 886 births (100% boys) and the least popular is Farmer with 139 births (100% boys).

Kester's share of births peaked at 19.3 births per million for boys in 1915. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (12% of peak) in 1957. In 2018, the most recent period with data, the name Kester had 3.6 births per million, 19% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Wanza

418

69.14% (strong)

Secundino

338

69.06% (strong)

Melburn

489

69.00% (strong)

Farmer

139

68.15% (strong)

Orman

886

67.88% (strong)

Harvard

604

67.65% (strong)

Leman

625

67.59% (strong)

Dorwin

432

67.44% (strong)

Tunis

153

67.32% (strong)

Wilmina

153

67.28% (strong)

Harue

248

67.18% (strong)

Garvis

349

67.01% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Kester

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Kester. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Kester is pronounced as KEH-ster, which has 2 syllables.

KEH-ster

100.0%

KEH-ster (2 syllables)

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K EH1 S T ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K EH1 S T ER0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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