Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Lester

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lester
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.6% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

3,229

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

96.6%

2024

109

All-time

130,579

Lester once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 3,229 boys were named Lester.

In 2024, only 109 boys were given the name.

Down 96.6% from its peak.

All told, about 130,579 Americans have been named Lester and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.6% from peak

19183,229 boys named Lester

2024109 boys named Lester

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