Lesta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lesta

The Social Security Administration has registered 680 babies named Lesta between 1883 and 1968, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lesta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lesta performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lesta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lesta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lesta 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 680 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.