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Lester Name Popularity

How popular is the name Lester? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 532 0.1511%
1911 — 633 0.17%
1912 — 1,427 0.283%
1913 — 1,722 0.3037%
1914 — 2,148 0.3082%
1915 — 2,928 0.3223%
1916 — 2,887 0.2989%
1917 — 2,836 0.2835%
1918 — 3,218 0.2998%
1919 — 3,010 0.2875%
1920 — 3,062 0.2754%
1921 — 3,068 0.2679%
1922 — 2,942 0.2641%
1923 — 2,762 0.2466%
1924 — 2,769 0.2384%
1925 — 2,546 0.2253%
1926 — 2,526 0.2297%
1927 — 2,426 0.2192%
1928 — 2,219 0.2074%
1929 — 2,095 0.2023%
1930 — 2,014 0.1928%
1931 — 1,900 0.1925%
1932 — 1,794 0.1816%
1933 — 1,617 0.1736%
1934 — 1,680 0.1738%
1935 — 1,605 0.1652%
1936 — 1,524 0.1582%
1937 — 1,562 0.1585%
1938 — 1,586 0.1549%
1939 — 1,524 0.1498%
1940 — 1,579 0.1486%
1941 — 1,544 0.1372%
1942 — 1,742 0.138%
1943 — 1,754 0.1344%
1944 — 1,632 0.1317%
1945 — 1,604 0.1315%
1946 — 1,653 0.112%
1947 — 1,939 0.1162%
1948 — 1,765 0.1106%
1949 — 1,746 0.1085%
1950 — 1,742 0.1082%
1951 — 1,710 0.1009%
1952 — 1,711 0.098%
1953 — 1,761 0.0995%
1954 — 1,738 0.0951%
1955 — 1,671 0.0908%
1956 — 1,690 0.0895%
1957 — 1,626 0.0845%
1958 — 1,432 0.0758%
1959 — 1,310 0.0689%
1960 — 1,289 0.068%
1961 — 1,277 0.0676%
1962 — 1,095 0.0596%
1963 — 1,074 0.0598%
1964 — 977 0.0555%
1965 — 925 0.0566%
1966 — 736 0.0471%
1967 — 694 0.0457%
1968 — 719 0.0479%
1969 — 682 0.0443%
1970 — 648 0.0407%
1971 — 600 0.0399%
1972 — 545 0.04%
1973 — 453 0.0349%
1974 — 429 0.033%
1975 — 449 0.0349%
1976 — 441 0.0342%
1977 — 396 0.0294%
1978 — 336 0.025%
1979 — 387 0.0274%
1980 — 417 0.0285%
1981 — 390 0.0265%
1982 — 348 0.0233%
1983 — 353 0.0239%
1984 — 301 0.0202%
1985 — 272 0.0179%
1986 — 251 0.0166%
1987 — 223 0.0146%
1988 — 265 0.017%
1989 — 270 0.0167%
1990 — 220 0.0133%
1991 — 244 0.015%
1992 — 207 0.013%
1993 — 202 0.013%
1994 — 154 0.01%
1995 — 120 0.008%
1996 — 126 0.0084%
1997 — 127 0.0086%
1998 — 88 0.0059%
1999 — 109 0.0073%
2000 — 98 0.0064%
2001 — 80 0.0053%
2002 — 92 0.0061%
2003 — 92 0.006%
2004 — 86 0.0056%
2005 — 79 0.0052%
2006 — 92 0.0059%
2007 — 59 0.0037%
2008 — 95 0.0061%
2009 — 74 0.005%
2010 — 64 0.0044%
2011 — 64 0.0045%
2012 — 53 0.0037%
2013 — 76 0.0053%
2014 — 76 0.0052%
2015 — 60 0.0041%
2016 — 54 0.0037%
2017 — 36 0.0026%
2018 — 55 0.004%
2019 — 37 0.0027%
2020 — 66 0.0052%
2021 — 52 0.0043%
2022 — 46 0.0035%
2023 — 37 0.0029%

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Leicester

From Leicester

English

Les

Holly garden; from Leicester

Scottish

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2 Comments

  1. I chose Lester because that is my dads name a great grandpas name, Lesters middle name is William which is his my husband’s dads name so my son was named after all three of his grandfathers!!

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    • My name is Lester Lee Lohr I’m a jr named after my dad not alot of people name their sons Lester any more I’m 17 and gonna name my son the 3rd to keep the name going.

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