LESTER is ranked as the 513th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 105,742.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 33.16 people named LESTER for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 68% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named LESTER is 55,994.
The SSA data also shows that LESTER is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
LESTER is
78.7% White,
3.5% Hispanic origin,
14.0% Black,
1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name LESTER have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name LESTER is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
English masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name LESTER
The state with the most people named
LESTER is
California where
9,122 people have this name.
Louisiana is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named LESTER, as
57.63 in every 100,000
Louisianans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Louisiana is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Massachusetts
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
3 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name LESTER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
4,816
37.39
99.2%
Indiana
2,736
41.48
98.6%
Iowa
1,690
54.39
98.5%
Kansas
1,350
46.49
97.5%
Michigan
3,126
31.55
99.4%
Minnesota
2,046
37.49
98.9%
Missouri
1,582
52.84
98.1%
Nebraska
802
42.6
96.5%
North Dakota
402
54.37
93.2%
Ohio
4,203
36.25
99.0%
South Dakota
389
45.6
93.0%
Wisconsin
2,197
38.15
98.8%
West States
State stats for the first name LESTER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
111
15.13
84.7%
Arizona
1,777
26.39
97.9%
California
9,122
23.51
99.5%
Colorado
1,344
25.09
97.8%
Hawaii
584
41.14
97.7%
Idaho
562
34.39
95.4%
Montana
471
45.98
94.3%
Nevada
596
21
96.3%
New Mexico
561
26.92
94.9%
Oregon
1,337
33.68
97.7%
Utah
547
18.57
95.6%
Washington
2,495
35.33
99.1%
Wyoming
280
47.89
92.2%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name LESTER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
501
13.92
96.7%
Maine
224
16.85
91.4%
Massachusetts
730
10.82
96.9%
New Hampshire
215
16.2
92.4%
New Jersey
1,449
16.21
98.2%
New York
4,934
24.99
99.4%
Pennsylvania
5,149
40.27
99.2%
Rhode Island
201
19
93.3%
Vermont
200
31.91
94.1%
South States
State stats for the first name LESTER
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have LESTER as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named LESTER.
The most popular full name is LESTER Smith.
1.18% of all the people named LESTER
have this family name.
There are 10304 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name LESTER