Boys' name · since 2002
Lesther
Lesther has 93 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 93
- total births
- 2002–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Lesther is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 93 have been recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Lesther recorded 93 times among boys since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- 93 total births
- 2002–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
93 boys have been named Lesther since 2002, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 93
- total births
- 2002–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Lesther was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Lesther in 2023 - its busiest year on record.
Lesther's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lesther's full recorded timeline at 2011, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lesther at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lesther popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2025.
93 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 12 births in a single year.
Lesther by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Lesther's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Lesther births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 36 births (39% of all-time use).
Lesther decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Lesther: Baby Name Since 2002 - 93 Births, Peak 2023." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/lesther. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Lesther 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 July 2026.
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