Lesta
Lesta was last recorded in 1968, when 5 babies were given it; 680 Americans have been recorded with it between 1883 and 1968 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lesta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lesta?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #7,641, in 1968; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
19 babies in 1938, the peak
Lesta peaked in 1938, when 19 girls were given it, #1,841 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | #7,641 | 3.0 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,162 | 2.6 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,109 | 2.5 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,458 | 3.5 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,173 | 4.9 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,728 | 4.0 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,226 | 6.8 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,807 | 5.5 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,481 | 6.1 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,412 | 6.2 |
Every recorded year (71)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 9 | #3,985 | 4.9 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,867 | 5.0 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,824 | 5.3 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,255 | 6.5 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,887 | 5.1 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,683 | 8.9 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,847 | 8.4 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,257 | 6.8 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,503 | 10.0 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,916 | 8.1 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,763 | 4.1 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,160 | 13.1 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,505 | 10.9 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,841 | 17.2 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,259 | 13.2 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,990 | 8.7 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,600 | 6.7 |
| 1934 | 9 | #3,049 | 8.6 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,606 | 6.9 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,776 | 4.7 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,366 | 7.5 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,785 | 9.8 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,268 | 8.1 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,614 | 6.9 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,786 | 10.1 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,175 | 8.4 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,878 | 6.6 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,537 | 7.2 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,225 | 14.1 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,059 | 9.2 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,442 | 12.2 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,233 | 8.3 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,325 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,068 | 15.5 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,963 | 16.6 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,743 | 10.5 |
| 1915 | 16 | #2,004 | 16.3 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,071 | 15.8 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,244 | 14.4 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,515 | 12.5 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,874 | 19.1 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,033 | 17.7 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,680 | 23.0 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,987 | 17.9 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,233 | 15.7 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,622 | 24.0 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,033 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,390 | 30.5 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,387 | 30.3 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,376 | 30.0 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,443 | 27.1 |
| 1897 | 11 | #1,013 | 47.0 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,173 | 37.8 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,510 | 25.7 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,602 | 22.4 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,244 | 32.9 |
| 1892 | 10 | #987 | 47.1 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,279 | 32.3 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,429 | 26.3 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,231 | 34.3 |
| 1883 | 7 | #790 | 62.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lesta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lesta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 71 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lesta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lesta, and how old are they?
An estimated 174 Americans named Lesta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 76 years old and half are between 69 and 83. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 272 people named Lesta (272 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 224 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lesta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lesta and names like it
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- The top names of 1938The year the most babies were named Lesta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lesta alive today were born 1946-1964.
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