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.
- #17,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,634 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 93
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lesther is the #8634 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 93 recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Lesther recorded 93 times among boys since 2002, holding rank #8634 nationally today, ahead of 38% of boys, 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.
- #17,891 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,634 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 93 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lesther ranks #17,891 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,634 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 93 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,634 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 93
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lesther's 93 recorded births place it above 60.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lesther compares
93 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lesther's all-time total is 75% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lesther | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 93 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
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 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
Lesther by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (36 births, 39% of the file).
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).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lesther: 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, 2002–2025 (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 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 August 2026.