Leston
- Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
- Peak · boys
- 1930 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 182since 1915
Leston over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Leston has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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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| rank | births | |
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| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
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| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
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| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
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| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
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| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
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| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Leston! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1928, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Leston is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Leston in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1930 at #2,444 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 98,012
- Highest: 1 in 98,012 boys born in 1919 were named Leston (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,174 boys born in 2014 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,444 in 1930, was only 1 in 99,762 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 32.4% of all boys named Leston (59) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #2,665 (1919) | #3,344 |
| 1920s | 59 | #2,641 (1924) | #3,430 |
| 1930s | 37 | #2,444 (1930) | #2,977 |
| 1940s | 13 | #2,656 (1941) | #3,162 |
| 1950s | 11 | #3,619 (1959) | #3,782 |
| 1960s | 15 | #3,966 (1967) | #4,056 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 7 | #4,973 (1984) | #4,973 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,108 (2014) | #12,108 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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