Lesta

Girl · recorded 1883–1968

  • 1968last recorded
  • 1883best year

Most popular in 1883.

Last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lesta.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1883

0316218831904192619471968

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 71 recorded years as a table
Lesta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188362
188734
189026
189132
189247
189333
189422
189526
189638
189747
189827
190030
190230
190331
190418
190524
190716
190818
190923
191018
191119
191213
191314
191416
191516
191611
191717
191816
191913
19208
192112
19229
192314
19247
19257
19268
192710
19287
19298
193010
19318
19325
19337
19349
19357
19369
193713
193817
193911
194013
19414
19428
194310
19447
19458
19469
19475
19486
19505
19515
19525
19546
19556
19565
19577
19584
19595
19603
19612
19633
19683

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lesta 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1968
5
Rank in 1968
#7,016
How rare
1 in 328,077 girls
Since 1883
680

Lesta was last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1883, at 62 per million girls born.

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

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