Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lester

#265 most common boys' name of all time · #575 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#265
Rank overall
#575 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
132,047
Since 2016
996
Peak year
1918 #62
Best rank
#52 1906
Girls Boys peak 3,265/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lester is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 103 103 #1,635
2024 — 111 111 #1,563
2023 — 82 82 #1,909
2022 — 96 96 #1,737
2021 — 109 109 #1,583
2020 — 109 109 #1,528
2019 — 100 100 #1,634
2018 — 93 93 #1,688
2017 — 88 88 #1,748
2016 — 105 105 #1,563
2015 — 104 104 #1,555
2014 — 106 106 #1,514
2013 — 125 125 #1,352
2012 — 104 104 #1,535
2011 — 102 102 #1,545
2010 — 118 118 #1,408
2009 — 127 127 #1,354
2008 — 142 142 #1,227
2007 — 120 120 #1,376
2006 — 146 146 #1,154
2005 — 128 128 #1,233
2004 — 137 137 #1,145
2003 — 148 148 #1,050
2002 — 139 139 #1,080
2001 — 142 142 #1,035
2000 — 144 144 #1,016
1999 — 173 173 #873
1998 — 133 133 #1,017
1997 — 166 166 #852
1996 — 172 172 #832
1995 — 179 179 #801
1994 — 207 207 #728
1993 — 252 252 #648
1992 — 251 251 #654
1991 — 287 287 #601
1990 — 260 260 #631
1989 — 314 314 #548
1988 — 309 309 #519
1987 — 277 277 #548
1986 — 302 302 #504
1985 6 321 327 #485
1984 5 346 351 #450
1983 — 399 399 #409
1982 — 400 400 #418
1981 — 436 436 #387
1980 6 466 472 #370
1979 7 422 429 #390
1978 5 387 392 #392
1977 7 453 460 #366
1976 6 475 481 #350
1975 — 497 497 #344
1974 — 471 471 #355
1973 5 504 509 #337
1972 7 589 596 #311
1971 — 632 632 #308
1970 9 680 689 #297
1969 9 718 727 #277
1968 — 747 747 #266
1967 8 731 739 #269
1966 8 771 779 #261
1965 8 956 964 #237
1964 13 1,000 1,013 #243
1963 16 1,101 1,117 #226
1962 8 1,117 1,125 #229
1961 12 1,284 1,296 #218
1960 12 1,316 1,328 #213
1959 15 1,335 1,350 #211
1958 14 1,466 1,480 #192
1957 9 1,636 1,645 #183
1956 14 1,702 1,716 #176
1955 15 1,691 1,706 #168
1954 17 1,758 1,775 #164
1953 16 1,776 1,792 #157
1952 20 1,724 1,744 #158
1951 13 1,722 1,735 #151
1950 14 1,758 1,772 #148
1949 15 1,752 1,767 #149
1948 13 1,781 1,794 #149
1947 15 1,944 1,959 #142
1946 10 1,669 1,679 #145
1945 13 1,618 1,631 #131
1944 13 1,651 1,664 #126
1943 20 1,764 1,784 #125
1942 14 1,749 1,763 #126
1941 16 1,563 1,579 #125
1940 19 1,591 1,610 #116
1939 12 1,549 1,561 #116
1938 18 1,604 1,622 #115
1937 12 1,576 1,588 #116
1936 17 1,546 1,563 #115
1935 18 1,626 1,644 #114
1934 18 1,687 1,705 #110
1933 19 1,644 1,663 #108
1932 18 1,813 1,831 #101
1931 24 1,919 1,943 #96
1930 24 2,020 2,044 #95
1929 30 2,106 2,136 #88
1928 33 2,229 2,262 #89
1927 40 2,440 2,480 #83
1926 31 2,539 2,570 #78
1925 22 2,559 2,581 #81
1924 34 2,780 2,814 #72
1923 36 2,765 2,801 #71
1922 37 2,951 2,988 #69
1921 33 3,076 3,109 #66
1920 33 3,068 3,101 #69
1919 35 3,020 3,055 #62
1918 36 3,229 3,265 #62
1917 35 2,854 2,889 #61
1916 23 2,907 2,930 #59
1915 28 2,943 2,971 #57
1914 12 2,164 2,176 #57
1913 17 1,736 1,753 #59
1912 20 1,443 1,463 #58
1911 7 657 664 #65
1910 10 556 566 #64
1909 10 501 511 #61
1908 13 509 522 #60
1907 9 491 500 #58
1906 6 482 488 #52
1905 18 432 450 #57
1904 11 398 409 #61
1903 8 400 408 #53
1902 13 385 398 #59
1901 6 332 338 #61
1900 10 431 441 #60
1899 10 290 300 #65
1898 9 298 307 #70
1897 8 310 318 #62
1896 8 318 326 #65
1895 5 295 300 #68
1894 — 291 291 #69
1893 5 243 248 #77
1892 10 240 250 #81
1891 — 191 191 #83
1890 5 226 231 #76
1889 5 213 218 #82
1888 — 189 189 #97
1887 — 168 168 #89
1886 6 160 166 #98
1885 — 141 141 #103
1884 — 123 123 #118
1883 — 116 116 #111
1882 — 134 134 #110
1881 — 87 87 #142
1880 — 109 109 #121