Boys' name · since 1924
Jeston
Jeston has 478 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,125 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 478
- born since 1924
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jeston sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 478 recorded since 1924.
Jeston has 478 recorded births among boys since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2019.
- #8,125 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 478 born since 1924
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeston ranks #8,125 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 478 born since 1924, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,125 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 478
- born since 1924
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jeston's 478 recorded births place it above 82.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jeston's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1925, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jeston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2019
- Peak year (1984)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Jeston by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (130 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Jeston's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Jeston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1920s 16
1920s
16 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
130 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
99 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 130 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Jeston's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (130 total births) through the 2010s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1924–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jeston draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.