How popular is the name Nestor?

Nestor ranks 1,025th among boys' names in US records, with 10,760 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,015.

Is Nestor a unisex name?

No. Nestor is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1991, when 300 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Nester. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,025 of boy names

Pronounced N EH1 S T ER0 (ARPABET)

Nestor is a boys' name, and first appears in 1885. It has been given to 10,760 children — the 1,025th most common boys' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 42% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1991, when 300 children were given it.

Nester is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Nestor and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Nestor?: Nestor ranks 1,025th among boys' names in US records, with 10,760 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,015.
Is Nestor a unisex name?: No. Nestor is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Nestor most popular?: 1991, when 300 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Nestor spelled?: Nester. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.