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Baby name
Lester
Boy
Origin of the name
Lester comes from the English city of Leicester.
Classic name
130,688births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 62rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Lester are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lester is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lester is most common in South Dakota (2.4 times), North Dakota (2.2) and Louisiana (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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