Is Lester a boy or girl name?
Lester is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 109 boys were named Lester, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 1% of the 131,938 US babies named Lester were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,580
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Lester since 1880
- 131,938
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 3,265 babies
Boys and girls named Lester, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,440 | 11 | 0.8% |
| 1890s | 2,702 | 60 | 2.2% |
| 1900s | 4,361 | 104 | 2.3% |
| 1910s | 21,509 | 223 | 1% |
| 1920s | 26,513 | 329 | 1.2% |
| 1930s | 16,984 | 180 | 1% |
| 1940s | 17,081 | 148 | 0.9% |
| 1950s | 16,570 | 147 | 0.9% |
| 1960s | 9,740 | 94 | 1% |
| 1970s | 5,110 | 46 | 0.9% |
| 1980s | 3,571 | 17 | 0.5% |
| 1990s | 2,080 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 1,371 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 1,044 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 503 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 109 | #1,580 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 82 | #1,921 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 94 | #1,765 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 109 | #1,588 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 109 | #1,531 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 100 | #1,639 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,694 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 87 | #1,772 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,569 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 104 | #1,560 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 106 | #1,519 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 125 | #1,359 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,537 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,556 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 118 | #1,411 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 127 | #1,358 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 142 | #1,231 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,382 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 146 | #1,159 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,251 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 137 | #1,148 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 148 | #1,053 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,080 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 142 | #1,039 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 144 | #1,019 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 173 | #876 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 133 | #1,020 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 166 | #855 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 172 | #834 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 179 | #801 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 207 | #731 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 252 | #649 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 251 | #655 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 287 | #603 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 260 | #631 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 314 | #548 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 309 | #520 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 277 | #548 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 302 | #504 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 321 | #485 | 6 | #10,045 |
| 1984 | 346 | #450 | 5 | #11,383 |
| 1983 | 399 | #409 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 400 | #418 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 437 | #386 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 466 | #370 | 6 | #9,760 |
| 1979 | 422 | #390 | 7 | #8,559 |
| 1978 | 387 | #392 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1977 | 453 | #366 | 7 | #8,012 |
| 1976 | 475 | #351 | 6 | #8,729 |
| 1975 | 497 | #344 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 471 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 504 | #337 | 5 | #9,149 |
| 1972 | 589 | #311 | 7 | #6,937 |
| 1971 | 632 | #308 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 680 | #297 | 9 | #5,624 |
| 1969 | 718 | #277 | 9 | #5,273 |
| 1968 | 747 | #266 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 731 | #269 | 8 | #5,233 |
| 1966 | 771 | #261 | 8 | #5,083 |
| 1965 | 956 | #237 | 8 | #5,085 |
| 1964 | 999 | #244 | 13 | #3,801 |
| 1963 | 1,101 | #226 | 16 | #3,261 |
| 1962 | 1,116 | #230 | 8 | #5,113 |
| 1961 | 1,285 | #218 | 12 | #3,901 |
| 1960 | 1,316 | #213 | 12 | #3,819 |
| 1959 | 1,335 | #211 | 15 | #3,185 |
| 1958 | 1,466 | #192 | 14 | #3,310 |
| 1957 | 1,636 | #183 | 9 | #4,397 |
| 1956 | 1,702 | #176 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1955 | 1,691 | #168 | 15 | #3,046 |
| 1954 | 1,759 | #164 | 17 | #2,750 |
| 1953 | 1,776 | #157 | 16 | #2,756 |
| 1952 | 1,724 | #158 | 20 | #2,372 |
| 1951 | 1,721 | #151 | 13 | #3,028 |
| 1950 | 1,760 | #148 | 14 | #2,843 |
| 1949 | 1,751 | #149 | 15 | #2,681 |
| 1948 | 1,782 | #149 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1947 | 1,944 | #142 | 15 | #2,703 |
| 1946 | 1,669 | #145 | 10 | #3,341 |
| 1945 | 1,618 | #131 | 13 | #2,541 |
| 1944 | 1,650 | #126 | 13 | #2,574 |
| 1943 | 1,764 | #125 | 20 | #1,974 |
| 1942 | 1,749 | #126 | 14 | #2,485 |
| 1941 | 1,563 | #125 | 16 | #2,146 |
| 1940 | 1,591 | #116 | 19 | #1,872 |
| 1939 | 1,549 | #116 | 12 | #2,507 |
| 1938 | 1,604 | #115 | 18 | #1,912 |
| 1937 | 1,576 | #116 | 12 | #2,513 |
| 1936 | 1,546 | #115 | 17 | #1,921 |
| 1935 | 1,626 | #114 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1934 | 1,687 | #110 | 18 | #1,877 |
| 1933 | 1,644 | #108 | 19 | #1,809 |
| 1932 | 1,813 | #101 | 18 | #1,920 |
| 1931 | 1,919 | #96 | 24 | #1,573 |
| 1930 | 2,020 | #95 | 24 | #1,638 |
| 1929 | 2,106 | #88 | 30 | #1,406 |
| 1928 | 2,229 | #89 | 33 | #1,353 |
| 1927 | 2,440 | #83 | 40 | #1,245 |
| 1926 | 2,539 | #78 | 31 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 2,559 | #81 | 22 | #1,872 |
| 1924 | 2,780 | #72 | 34 | #1,423 |
| 1923 | 2,765 | #71 | 36 | #1,318 |
| 1922 | 2,951 | #69 | 37 | #1,299 |
| 1921 | 3,076 | #66 | 33 | #1,421 |
| 1920 | 3,068 | #69 | 33 | #1,390 |
| 1919 | 3,020 | #62 | 35 | #1,306 |
| 1918 | 3,229 | #62 | 36 | #1,268 |
| 1917 | 2,854 | #61 | 35 | #1,228 |
| 1916 | 2,907 | #59 | 23 | #1,614 |
| 1915 | 2,943 | #57 | 28 | #1,354 |
| 1914 | 2,164 | #57 | 12 | #2,072 |
| 1913 | 1,736 | #59 | 17 | #1,437 |
| 1912 | 1,443 | #58 | 20 | #1,199 |
| 1911 | 657 | #65 | 7 | #2,083 |
| 1910 | 556 | #64 | 10 | #1,578 |
| 1909 | 501 | #61 | 10 | #1,423 |
| 1908 | 509 | #60 | 13 | #1,175 |
| 1907 | 491 | #58 | 9 | #1,461 |
| 1906 | 482 | #52 | 6 | #1,847 |
| 1905 | 432 | #57 | 18 | #887 |
| 1904 | 398 | #61 | 11 | #1,142 |
| 1903 | 400 | #53 | 8 | #1,391 |
| 1902 | 385 | #58 | 13 | #998 |
| 1901 | 332 | #61 | 6 | #1,575 |
| 1900 | 431 | #60 | 10 | #1,276 |
| 1899 | 290 | #65 | 10 | #1,065 |
| 1898 | 298 | #70 | 9 | #1,222 |
| 1897 | 310 | #62 | 8 | #1,217 |
| 1896 | 318 | #65 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1895 | 295 | #68 | 5 | #1,722 |
| 1894 | 291 | #69 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 243 | #77 | 5 | #1,547 |
| 1892 | 240 | #81 | 10 | #988 |
| 1891 | 191 | #83 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 226 | #76 | 5 | #1,431 |
| 1889 | 213 | #82 | 5 | #1,392 |
| 1888 | 189 | #97 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 168 | #89 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 160 | #98 | 6 | #1,043 |
| 1885 | 141 | #102 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 123 | #118 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 116 | #111 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 134 | #110 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 87 | #143 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 109 | #121 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Lester reached #52 in 1906. As a girl name, it reached #887 in 1905. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.