Chester dog name

We found 1,463 dogs named Chester in the public pet registers of 30 places. Combining all places, Chester is the #135 dog name. Almost all dogs named Chester are male.

🐱 Chester is also a popular cat name (#97 for cats, 217 cats).

Chester as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #272 of 51,228 252 6.2 2003–2026
New York City United States #147 of 34,500 328 9.8 2014–2025
South Australia Australia #89 in top 100 627 19 2025
Toronto Canada #106 of 10,500 71 14 2019
Seattle United States #232 of 8,191 17 6.6 2026
Playford Australia #69 of 4,586 37 22 2015
Cambridge United States #339 of 4,375 6 4.7 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #140 of 4,602 12 9.8 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #607 of 5,788 2 2.0 2025
Noosa Australia #104 of 3,045 16 17 2017
Laval Canada #147 of 2,965 9 11 2017–2026
Worcester United States #156 of 2,906 7 9.5 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #126 of 2,440 8 13 2026
Basel Switzerland #463 of 3,446 2 3.2 2026
Victoria Canada #144 of 2,588 7 12 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #189 of 1,974 5 9.0 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #147 of 2,062 6 11 2016
Burnside Australia #44 of 1,888 18 35 2015
Framingham United States #237 of 1,965 3 6.9 2020
Richmond United States #191 of 2,347 3 7.1 2018
Tacoma United States #264 of 1,917 2 5.5 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #150 of 1,161 3 11 2023
Port Moody Canada #352 of 1,280 1 4.2 2019
Miranda Colombia #55 of 758 5 28 2024
Villavicencio Colombia #115 of 717 2 12 2026
Adelaide Australia #70 of 958 3 19 2014
Prospect Australia #88 of 518 2 19 2016
Fusagasugá Colombia #65 of 498 2 21 2021–2025
Burlington United States #55 of 641 2 22 2022
Nariño (municipality) Colombia #30 of 353 5 65 2020

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Chester. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

98% male

11 female and 715 male dogs named Chester, in the places that record sex.

Chester over the years

South Australia
2022
2024
Toronto – falling
2012
2015
2020
2025
New York City – falling
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025

Dogs named Chester per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Chester

Compared to all dogs, Chester is especially common among Labradoodles (2.5×).

Based on 652 dogs named Chester with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Chester

Chester Drescher – performing dog born Queens, New York, USA (1982)

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Chester as a baby name

Chester was the #1585 boys' name in the US in 2025 (107 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #128 for boys in England and Wales, #346 for boys in New Zealand, #441 for boys in Scotland and #769 for boys in Netherlands. See Chester as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

Similar dog names

Hester

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