Lester

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lester: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lester: Recorded since 1967, with a gap of 16 years, its highest recorded position is #245, and it stood at #3,449 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#245highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lester's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1578
1998	#2074
1999	#1664
2000	#1552
2001	#2220
2002	#2254
2003	#1410
2004	#2578
2006	#2282
2007	#2741
2008	#2775
2009	#3227
2010	#2199
2011	#2892
2012	#2270
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#4747
2016	#3079
2018	#2445
2020	#2960
2021	#3990
2022	#3449

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1967–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #245 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1967–1979
Highest recorded position: #245 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1967–1979).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #3449 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Lester appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 24 ranked years and 145 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1967.

Lester across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lester's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1410 (2003)	#3449 (2022)	24 of 27	145 (1996–2022)	11 (2003)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#245 (1967)	#245 (1967)	#292 (1979)	4 of 13	14 (1967–1979)	4 (1967)

Lester by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lester in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	58	9 of 10	6
2010s	48	8 of 10	6
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lester appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #245 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Lester's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1967 and 2022, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #245, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edyta · #245, 31y
Kiran · #245, 31y
Caoilinn · #246, 30y
Errol · #246, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Earl · #245, 34y
Edyta · #245, 31y
Kiran · #245, 31y
Orna · #245, 56y

Lester was ranked #245 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lester and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lester without appearing here.

Lester moved ahead of

Jade Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3079 and #4023.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Lester

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2270 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3227 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #1440.

Moved the opposite way to Lester

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lester went from #2020 to #3449 while Albie went from #853 to #29.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lester went from #2020 to #3449 while Alfie went from #119 to #17.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lester went from #2020 to #3449 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lester went from #2020 to #3449 while Archie went from #192 to #11.

Moved the same way as Lester

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lester went from #2020 to #3449 and Aaron from #33 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lester went from #2020 to #3449 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Adrian Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lester went from #2020 to #3449 and Adrian from #204 to #298.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Lester went from #2020 to #3449 and Alan from #163 to #472.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #245 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lester

Lester at a glance

What stands out in Lester's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lester across 2 official records

Lester by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Lester at a glance

What stands out in Lester's record

Lester across 2 official records

Lester by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lester appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Lester

Lester and the names beside it

Lester moved ahead of

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