Is Lesta a boy or girl name?

Lesta is a girl’s name. Of the 680 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Lesta

Recorded 1883–1968 · United States

Lesta was most popular in 1938, when 19 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,163 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 680 people named Lesta.

Lesta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lesta’s peak in 1938. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lesta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lesta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 680 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org