Lester
About Lester
The name Lester peaked for boys at #52 in 1906. The name is most popular in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Missouri. Lester is occasionally used for girls in 1985.
As of September 2026, Lester ranked #1641 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #52 in 1906, Nameberry popularity #654.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,519 | 106 | 55.2 |
| 2015 | #1,560 | 104 | 54.3 |
| 2016 | #1,569 | 105 | 55.3 |
| 2017 | #1,772 | 87 | 47 |
| 2018 | #1,694 | 93 | 51.2 |
| 2019 | #1,639 | 100 | 55.7 |
| 2020 | #1,531 | 109 | 63.1 |
| 2021 | #1,588 | 109 | 62.3 |
| 2022 | #1,765 | 94 | 53.8 |
| 2023 | #1,921 | 82 | 47.9 |
| 2024 | #1,580 | 109 | 63.3 |
| 2025 | #1,641 | 103 | 60.3 |
World rankings
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Famous Lesters
- Lester Holt
American news anchor
- Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson
former Canadian Prime Minister
- Lester Keith Piggott
English jockey
- Lester Willis Young
American jazz saxophonist
- Lester del Rey (born Leonard Knapp)
American science fiction novelist and editor
- Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpeter
- Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs
American rock music journalist
- (Curtis) Lester Patrick aka Les
The Silver Fox, Canadian ice hockey player
- Lester Garfield Maddox
Sr., American politician, governor of Georgia
- Lester B. Pearson
winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace
- Philip "Phil" Michael Lester
English radio presenter and Internet personality
- Lester Raymond "Les" Brown
American clarinetist and bandleader
- Lester John Thomas "Les" Costello
Canadian ice hockey player and priest
- Lester William Polsfuss
birth name of Les Paul, American guitarist and luthier
- Lester "Les" Tremayne
Anglo,American actor
- Gerry Lester "Bubba" Watson
American golfer
Lester in pop culture
- Lester Burnham
main character of the film "American Beauty"
- Lester "Worm" Murphy
from the movie "Rounders"
- Lester Nygaard
character from the television show "Fargo"
- Archduke Lester DeRosso
holder of the Vampire Asterisk in "Bravely Default"
- Lester Papadopoulos
main character in Rick Riordan's The Trials Of Apollo
- Lester McKinley
brother of title character Alice in the Alice book series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Lester the lab rat
character in the 90's Children's Educational show "Beakman's World"