NameTides

Lester

Lester was the #1,634 boys' name in the US in 2025 (103 babies).

Lester as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lester as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020US
Lester as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,634 (103)———
2024#1,563 (111)———
2023#1,909 (82)——#2,921 (5)
2022#1,737 (96)#3,450 (5)—#2,810 (5)
2021#1,583 (109)#3,990 (4)——
2020#1,528 (109)#2,960 (6)—#2,746 (5)
2019#1,634 (100)——#2,440 (6)
2018#1,687 (93)#2,445 (8)——
2017#1,746 (88)——#2,198 (7)
2016#1,563 (105)#3,079 (6)—#1,578 (11)
2015#1,555 (104)#4,747 (3)—#2,139 (7)
2014#1,514 (106)#4,632 (3)—#2,133 (7)
2013#1,352 (125)#3,822 (4)—#1,771 (9)
2012#1,535 (104)#2,270 (9)—#2,666 (5)
2011#1,544 (102)#2,892 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1906 at #52.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Lester is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lester by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Lester (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LesterCanadaBoys—too few
LesterEngland & WalesBoys—too few
LesterIrelandBoys—too few
LesterUSGirls—too few
LesterUSBoys#1,634103