Lesta
- Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 680since 1883
Lesta over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lesta has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Lesta! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lesta is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lesta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1968
- Biggest jump: 255 spots in 1892
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 1898
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #754 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1883–1897
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,046
- Highest: 1 in 16,046 girls born in 1883 were named Lesta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,078 girls born in 1968 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 17.8% of all girls named Lesta (121) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #754 (1883) | #951 |
| 1890s | 66 | #958 (1892) | #1,231 |
| 1900s | 56 | #1,318 (1903) | #1,613 |
| 1910s | 121 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,110 |
| 1920s | 109 | #2,169 (1923) | #2,998 |
| 1930s | 101 | #1,805 (1938) | #2,936 |
| 1940s | 99 | #2,109 (1940) | #3,013 |
| 1950s | 94 | #3,150 (1957) | #3,697 |
| 1960s | 22 | #5,168 (1960) | #6,336 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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