Name meaning & stats
Chester
Chester means “fortress, Roman camp”. 45,859 US babies since 1940, peak 1947.
What it means
“fortress, Roman camp”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1947
45,859 US babies were named Chester between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Chester (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1947)