Lister

Boy · recorded 1914–1962

  • 1962last recorded
  • 1914best year

Most popular in 1914.

Last recorded in 1962. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

081519141926193819501962

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 19 recorded years as a table
Lister, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191415
19168
19186
19199
19205
19215
19225
19239
19246
19265
19274
192812
19305
19385
19416
19483
19493
19513
19622

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lister isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1962
5
Rank in 1962
#4,033
How rare
1 in 413,754 boys
Since 1914
128

Lister was last recorded in 1962. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1914, at 15 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lister doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.