Lestie — girls' name
41 babies named Lestie in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Lestie was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Lestie in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lestie
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Lestie between 1893 and 1922, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lestie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1922. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lestie performed strongest in the 1900s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lestie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lestie 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 41 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.
Lestie at a glance
Last recorded 1922Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lestie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1893
- Peak year (1922)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1922.
41 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 8 births in a single year.
Lestie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1900s
- 16 births that decade — 39% of Lestie's all-time total
Lestie decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1900s was Lestie's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1893–1922 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.