first name
NESTOR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,159 people named Nestor, 84.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.1% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nestor peaked in 1991, when 300 babies got the name.
At least 10,430 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Nestor by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,443. The largest share of babies named Nestor, 31.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Nestor is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nestor has been most common in California (4.2×), New Mexico (2.8×), and Texas (2.6×), and least common in North Carolina (0.18×).
7,463 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Nestor
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nestor, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nestor ranks #6,181 of 156,621, with 5,311 people. See Nestor as a last name
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