Nestor is an established boys' name that peaked in 1991 and has grown less common since.
Nestor is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,535 for boy births in the United States (and #3,270 across all names), given to 113 babies. Nestor first appears in 1885 and peaked in 1991 (300 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | 113 | #1,535 |
| 2024 | 97 | 97 | #1,718 |
| 2023 | 91 | 91 | #1,782 |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | #2,018 |
| 2021 | 94 | 94 | #1,734 |
| 2020 | 89 | 89 | #1,740 |
| 2019 | 108 | 108 | #1,558 |
| 2018 | 96 | 96 | #1,667 |
| 2017 | 126 | 132 | #1,398 |
| 2016 | 107 | 107 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 125 | 125 | #1,386 |
| 2014 | 108 | 117 | #1,502 |
| 2013 | 106 | 115 | #1,526 |
| 2012 | 115 | 124 | #1,445 |
| 2011 | 123 | 132 | #1,370 |
| 2010 | 165 | 178 | #1,130 |
| 2009 | 157 | 174 | #1,159 |
| 2008 | 194 | 209 | #1,006 |
| 2007 | 209 | 225 | #947 |
| 2006 | 201 | 221 | #935 |
| 2005 | 226 | 245 | #829 |
| 2004 | 197 | 216 | #882 |
| 2003 | 189 | 213 | #891 |
| 2002 | 196 | 220 | #847 |
| 2001 | 218 | 250 | #779 |
| 2000 | 236 | 273 | #727 |
| 1999 | 247 | 282 | #683 |
| 1998 | 226 | 255 | #728 |
| 1997 | 201 | — | #750 |
| 1996 | 237 | — | #685 |
| 1995 | 253 | — | #657 |
| 1994 | 271 | — | #632 |
| 1993 | 290 | — | #612 |
| 1992 | 298 | — | #597 |
| 1991 | 300 | — | #587 |
| 1990 | 264 | — | #624 |
| 1989 | 255 | — | #620 |
| 1988 | 216 | — | #643 |
| 1987 | 173 | — | #688 |
| 1986 | 133 | — | #787 |
| 1985 | 139 | — | #757 |
| 1984 | 115 | — | #817 |
| 1983 | 108 | — | #841 |
| 1982 | 109 | — | #852 |
| 1981 | 98 | — | #905 |
| 1980 | 106 | — | #866 |
| 1979 | 90 | — | #929 |
| 1978 | 94 | — | #888 |
| 1977 | 73 | — | #1,008 |
| 1976 | 80 | — | #937 |
| 1975 | 56 | — | #1,134 |
| 1974 | 85 | — | #876 |
| 1973 | 78 | — | #911 |
| 1972 | 66 | — | #998 |
| 1971 | 67 | — | #996 |
| 1970 | 79 | — | #903 |
| 1969 | 60 | — | #997 |
| 1968 | 58 | — | #964 |
| 1967 | 56 | — | #978 |
| 1966 | 57 | — | #964 |
| 1965 | 42 | — | #1,182 |
| 1964 | 45 | — | #1,158 |
| 1963 | 52 | — | #1,063 |
| 1962 | 59 | — | #1,001 |
| 1961 | 56 | — | #1,047 |
| 1960 | 51 | — | #1,092 |
| 1959 | 54 | — | #1,059 |
| 1958 | 60 | — | #991 |
| 1957 | 56 | — | #1,020 |
| 1956 | 34 | — | #1,329 |
| 1955 | 34 | — | #1,305 |
| 1954 | 44 | — | #1,132 |
| 1953 | 41 | — | #1,164 |
| 1952 | 31 | — | #1,368 |
| 1951 | 23 | — | #1,586 |
| 1950 | 27 | — | #1,414 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | #1,370 |
| 1948 | 26 | — | #1,450 |
| 1947 | 28 | — | #1,412 |
| 1946 | 24 | — | #1,461 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | #1,564 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | #2,421 |
| 1943 | 22 | — | #1,514 |
| 1942 | 18 | — | #1,717 |
| 1941 | 19 | — | #1,627 |
| 1940 | 19 | — | #1,609 |
| 1939 | 15 | — | #1,848 |
| 1938 | 23 | — | #1,426 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,062 |
| 1936 | 25 | — | #1,350 |
| 1935 | 24 | — | #1,414 |
| 1934 | 29 | — | #1,262 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | #1,688 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | #1,832 |
| 1931 | 21 | — | #1,577 |
| 1930 | 32 | — | #1,271 |
| 1929 | 32 | — | #1,260 |
| 1928 | 28 | — | #1,406 |
| 1927 | 30 | — | #1,367 |
| 1926 | 24 | — | #1,550 |
| 1925 | 27 | — | #1,441 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #1,522 |
| 1923 | 26 | — | #1,483 |
| 1922 | 14 | — | #2,311 |
| 1921 | 31 | — | #1,353 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | #1,860 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | #2,228 |
| 1918 | 21 | — | #1,692 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | #1,518 |
| 1916 | 29 | — | #1,258 |
| 1915 | 31 | — | #1,177 |
| 1914 | 24 | — | #1,214 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | #1,238 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #1,501 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #1,680 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,384 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,187 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | #979 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,370 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,367 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,250 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,179 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #948 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,044 |