Lestine — girls' name
208 babies named Lestine in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Lestine was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Lestine in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lestine
The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Lestine between 1923 and 1970, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lestine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lestine performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lestine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lestine 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 208 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.
Lestine at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lestine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1923
- Peak year (1954)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
208 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 14 births in a single year.
Lestine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 78 births that decade — 38% of Lestine's all-time total
Lestine decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Lestine's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1923–1970 (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.