Lester — #1574 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lester

The Social Security Administration has registered 130,579 babies named Lester between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lester currently holds the #1574 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 3,229 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lester performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 26,513 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lester shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 8,582 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lester in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lester 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 130,579 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.