Leston
Leston is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Leston
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leston is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Leston
The earliest SSA record of Leston as a baby boy name dates back to 1915, when 8 babies received it. 1924 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Leston — #2,641 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Leston on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Leston last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 182 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Leston
Leston is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 182 births in the dataset. Leston's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #2,641. Use the chart and map above to compare Leston's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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