Lester
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #9,307 · #1,634 for boys in 2025, 103 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1906 · 482 births
- Debut · boys
- 109 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 46 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 130,688since 1880
Lester over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,634 | 103 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,563 | 111 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,909 | 82 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,737 | 96 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,583 | 109 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,528 | 109 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,634 | 100 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,687 | 93 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,746 | 88 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,563 | 105 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,555 | 104 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,514 | 106 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,352 | 125 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,535 | 104 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,544 | 102 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,408 | 118 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,353 | 127 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,227 | 142 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,376 | 120 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,154 | 146 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,233 | 128 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,144 | 137 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,049 | 148 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,079 | 139 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,035 | 142 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,015 | 144 | |
| 1999 | — | #873 | 173 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,017 | 133 | |
| 1997 | — | #852 | 166 | |
| 1996 | — | #832 | 172 | |
| 1995 | — | #801 | 179 | |
| 1994 | — | #728 | 207 | |
| 1993 | — | #648 | 252 | |
| 1992 | — | #654 | 251 | |
| 1991 | — | #601 | 287 | |
| 1990 | — | #631 | 260 | |
| 1989 | — | #547 | 314 | |
| 1988 | — | #519 | 309 | |
| 1987 | — | #548 | 277 | |
| 1986 | — | #504 | 302 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #485 | 321 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #450 | 346 |
| 1983 | — | #409 | 399 | |
| 1982 | — | #418 | 400 | |
| 1981 | — | #387 | 436 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #370 | 466 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #390 | 422 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #392 | 387 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #366 | 453 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #350 | 475 |
| 1975 | — | #344 | 497 | |
| 1974 | — | #355 | 471 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #337 | 504 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #311 | 589 |
| 1971 | — | #308 | 632 | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #297 | 680 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #277 | 718 |
| 1968 | — | #266 | 747 | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #269 | 731 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #261 | 771 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #237 | 956 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #243 | 1,000 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | #226 | 1,101 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #229 | 1,117 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #218 | 1,284 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #213 | 1,316 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #211 | 1,335 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #192 | 1,466 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #183 | 1,636 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #176 | 1,702 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | #168 | 1,691 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 | #164 | 1,758 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #157 | 1,776 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | #158 | 1,724 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #151 | 1,722 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #148 | 1,758 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #149 | 1,752 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #149 | 1,781 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #142 | 1,944 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #145 | 1,669 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #131 | 1,618 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | #126 | 1,651 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 | #125 | 1,764 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | #126 | 1,749 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #125 | 1,563 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | #116 | 1,591 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #116 | 1,549 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | #115 | 1,604 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #116 | 1,576 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | #115 | 1,546 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #114 | 1,626 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | #110 | 1,687 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | #108 | 1,644 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #101 | 1,813 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | #96 | 1,919 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | #95 | 2,020 |
| 1929 | #1,393 | 30 | #88 | 2,106 |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 | #89 | 2,229 |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 | #83 | 2,440 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 | #78 | 2,539 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 | #81 | 2,559 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 | #72 | 2,780 |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 | #71 | 2,765 |
| 1922 | #1,285 | 37 | #69 | 2,951 |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 | #66 | 3,076 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 | #69 | 3,068 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 35 | #62 | 3,020 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 | #62 | 3,229 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 | #61 | 2,854 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #59 | 2,907 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 | #57 | 2,943 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | #57 | 2,164 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #59 | 1,736 |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | #58 | 1,443 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | #65 | 657 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | #64 | 556 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | #61 | 501 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | #60 | 509 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #58 | 491 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #52 | 482 |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | #57 | 432 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | #61 | 398 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | #53 | 400 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 | #58 | 385 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #61 | 332 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #60 | 431 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 | #65 | 290 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | #70 | 298 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #61 | 310 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | #65 | 318 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #68 | 295 |
| 1894 | — | #69 | 291 | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #77 | 243 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | #80 | 240 |
| 1891 | — | #83 | 191 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #76 | 226 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #82 | 213 |
| 1888 | — | #97 | 189 | |
| 1887 | — | #89 | 168 | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | #98 | 160 |
| 1885 | — | #101 | 141 | |
| 1884 | — | #118 | 123 | |
| 1883 | — | #111 | 116 | |
| 1882 | — | #109 | 134 | |
| 1881 | — | #142 | 87 | |
| 1880 | — | #121 | 109 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lester was already there! It came in at #121, and was given to 109 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2014–2025, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lester
- 71 spots since 2024 (#1,563 → #1,634)
- 106 spots since 2020 (#1,528 → #1,634)
- 79 spots since 2015 (#1,555 → #1,634)
- Biggest jump: 144 spots in 1999 (#1,017 → #873)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1998 (#852 → #1,017)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1906 at #52 (482 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 88 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1886–1931
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1997
- Highest: 1 in 276 boys born in 1906 were named Lester (0.36%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,583 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 20.3% of all boys named Lester (26,513) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,440 | #82 (1889) | #107 |
| 1890s | 2,702 | #61 (1897) | #71 |
| 1900s | 4,361 | #52 (1906) | #58 |
| 1910s | 21,509 | #57 (1915) | #60 |
| 1920s | 26,513 | #66 (1921) | #77 |
| 1930s | 16,984 | #95 (1930) | #109 |
| 1940s | 17,082 | #116 (1940) | #133 |
| 1950s | 16,568 | #148 (1950) | #171 |
| 1960s | 9,741 | #213 (1960) | #244 |
| 1970s | 5,110 | #297 (1970) | #345 |
| 1980s | 3,570 | #370 (1980) | #464 |
| 1990s | 2,080 | #601 (1991) | #764 |
| 2000s | 1,373 | #1,015 (2000) | #1,167 |
| 2010s | 1,045 | #1,352 (2013) | #1,554 |
| 2020s | 610 | #1,528 (2020) | #1,659 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lester in 1886
Top girls' names in 1886
Top boys' names in 1886
More about 1886
girls
144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 24,089 of them was named Lester, which outranked 22.5% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 692 of them was named Lester, which outranked 91.2% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.