Girls' name · since 1923
Lestine
Since 1923, U.S. Social Security records show 208 babies named Lestine, peaking in 1954. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 208
- born since 1923
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lestine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 208 have been recorded since 1923.
Lestine has 208 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1970.
- #19,428 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 208 born since 1923
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lestine ranks #19,428 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 208 born since 1923, peaking in the 1950s.
- #19,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 208
- born since 1923
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lestine's 208 recorded births place it above 73.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lestine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lestine's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1925, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1954 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lestine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1970
- Peak year (1954)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Lestine by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (78 births, 38% of the file).
1950s was Lestine's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Lestine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 22
1920s
22 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
58 births
- 1950s
1950s
78 births
- 1960s
1960s
34 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 78 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Lestine's decade-level peak was the 1950s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lestine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
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, 1923–1970 (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 Lestine 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.