Lestina — girls' name
11 babies named Lestina in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
11 girls have been named Lestina since 1962, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1976.
- 11
- total births
- 1962–1976
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Lestina was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Lestina in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lestina
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Lestina between 1962 and 1976, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lestina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lestina performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lestina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lestina 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 11 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.
Lestina at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lestina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1962
- Peak year (1962)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
11 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 6 births in a single year.
Lestina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Lestina's all-time total
Lestina decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lestina's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1962–1976 (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.