Chester

Boy name

Chester ranks #148 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 537 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #57 for cats.

Chester's popularity trend

Chester's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2007.

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Year	Share
2025	0.046%
2024	0.047%
2023	0.049%
2022	0.043%
2021	0.057%
2020	0.059%
2019	0.064%
2018	0.068%
2017	0.059%
2016	0.06%
2015	0.059%
2014	0.068%
2013	0.068%
2012	0.068%
2011	0.068%
2010	0.076%
2009	0.082%
2008	0.085%
2007	0.089%

Licensed dogs in our data

537

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#148

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−81

2020 → 2025

Gender split

99% boys

1% girls99% boys

Where Chester shows up

Chester's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


BurnsideAustralia	0.3%
TorontoCanada	0.2%
PlayfordAustralia	0.2%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.2%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.1%
AdelaideAustralia	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%

Names like Chester

Chewy Chewie Chewbacca Chevy Cheech Chef Cheeto Cheo Chet Chewey Cheeko Buster

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