Nestor
Nestor is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 97 births. Its best rank was 587th, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 970.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1991300 births
- Best rank
- #587in 1991
- Since 1885
- 10,317people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,317 boys have been named Nestor in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 300 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 25%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Nestor | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1900s | 26 | |
| 1910s | 185 | |
| 1920s | 257 | |
| 1930s | 217 | |
| 1940s | 214 | |
| 1950s | 404 | |
| 1960s | 536 | |
| 1970s | 768 | |
| 1980s | 1,452 | |
| 1990s | 2,587 | |
| 2000s | 2,023 | |
| 2010s | 1,179 | |
| 2020s | 447 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Nestor was the 587th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Nestor
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Franciscopeak 1993
- Juliopeak 1990
- Quintonpeak 1996
- Germanpeak 1991
- Guillermopeak 1998
- Bricepeak 1989
- Cortezpeak 1990
- Josepeak 2002
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.