Lister
Lister or Lyster is a masculine given name which may refer to:Sir Lister Holte, 5th Baronet (1720–1770), English Member of Parliament Lyster Hoxie Dewey (1865–1944), American botanist Lyster Kirkpatrick (1885–1921), Australian rules footballer Lister Lea (1809–1905), a partner in the English architectural firm James & Lister Lea Lister Tonge, Roman Catholic Transitional Deacon and former British…
Meaning & Origin of Lister
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lister or Lyster is a masculine given name which may refer to:Sir Lister Holte, 5th Baronet (1720–1770), English Member of Parliament Lyster Hoxie Dewey (1865–1944), American botanist Lyster Kirkpatrick (1885–1921), Australian rules footballer Lister Lea (1809–1905), a partner in the English architectural firm James & Lister Lea Lister Tonge, Roman Catholic Transitional Deacon and former British…
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The Story of Lister
The earliest SSA record of Lister as a baby boy name dates back to 1914, when 10 babies received it. 1928 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Lister — #2,270 in the national rankings. About 44% of every Lister on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Lister last appeared in the published SSA data in 1962, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 128 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lister
Lister is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 128 births in the dataset. Lister's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #2,270. Use the chart and map above to compare Lister'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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