Girls' name · since 1883
Lesta
Lesta has 680 recorded births since 1883 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1938 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 680
- born since 1883
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lesta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 680 have been recorded since 1883.
Lesta has 680 recorded births among girls since 1883, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1883 to 1968.
- #9,688 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 680 born since 1883
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lesta ranks #9,688 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 680 born since 1883, peaking in the 1910s.
- #9,688 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 680
- born since 1883
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lesta's 680 recorded births place it above 86.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kansas.
Lesta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lesta's SSA record in two at 1926 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1887, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1938 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lesta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1883–1968
- Peak year (1938)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Lesta by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (121 births, 18% of the file).
1910s was Lesta's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Lesta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 12
1880s
12 births
- 1890s
1890s
66 births
- 1900s
1900s
56 births
- 1910s
1910s
121 births
- 1920s
1920s
109 births
- 1930s
1930s
101 births
- 1940s
1940s
99 births
- 1950s
1950s
94 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 121 births (18% of all-time use).
How Lesta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lesta's total volume
Lesta by state
Where Lesta concentrates geographically, total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kansas | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 680 births nationwide.
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- Lesta's decade-level peak was the 1910s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kansas records the most Lestas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kansas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lesta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1883–1968 (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 Lesta 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.