Chester
Chester is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 120,680 male / 828 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Chester
If you do not know Chester’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Chester,” in English, “Guten Tag Chester,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Chester,
German
Guten Tag Chester,
French
Bonjour Chester,
Spanish
Estimado/a Chester:
Chinese
Chester您好：
Japanese
Chester様
English
Hi Chester,
German
Hi Chester,
French
Salut Chester,
Spanish
Hola Chester,
Chinese
Chester你好：
Japanese
Chesterさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | man's name |
United States birth data
120,680 male · 828 female · 121,508 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 99.9% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Chester a male or female name?
Chester is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Chester in an email?
If you do not know Chester’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Chester,” in English, “Guten Tag Chester,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Chester a unisex name?
Chester is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Chester a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/chester. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_chester,
title = {Is Chester a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/chester},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}