Jeston — boys' name
478 babies named Jeston in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
478 boys have been named Jeston since 1924, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2019.
- 478
- total births
- 1924–2019
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 27%
- born in that decade
27% of everyone ever named Jeston was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Jeston in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeston
The Social Security Administration has registered 478 babies named Jeston between 1924 and 2019, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeston currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeston performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jeston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeston in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 478 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jeston at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1924
- Peak year (1984)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
478 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 20 births in a single year.
Jeston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 130 births that decade — 27% of Jeston's all-time total
Jeston decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jeston's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.