Jester

JEHS-ter /ˈdʒɛstɚ/
boy 2 syllables fading

Jester is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.

Jester is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Jester was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 1920 (7 births).

About the name Jester

PronunciationJEHS-ter /ˈdʒɛstɚ/
7peak births 1920
1916first in SSA data

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How popular is Jester?

Boys named Jester
1916192019401960198020002016
Boys named Jester per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1916–2016 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2016) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Jester total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201655#13,127
200955#13,361
200655#12,918
19915—#8,820
19896—#7,416
19536—#3,611
19385—#3,780
19295—#4,273
19216—#4,096
19207—#3,643
19196—#3,949
19165—#4,206
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