Lestine

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Lestine has been given to 208 babies in the U.S. since 1923. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1954, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Lestine, 1970

1 in 601,000

Lestine over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lestine: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lestine means

Lestine is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Lestine is used in Walloon.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Walloon, Lestine is pronounced /le.ˈstin/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 208 girls were recorded with the name Lestine between 1923 and 1970. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1954; its best national rank was #3,096 in 1954.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Lestine?

Lestine had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1970: 1 in 601,000; 6 of 3,606,302 births
Among girls only: 1 in 291,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1970: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 416,617 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lestine sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1970 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 416,617 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lestine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lestines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lestine was born before 1952 — so the typical Lestine is around 73 today.

Median birth year: 1952; About 73 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 37.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 72.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 118; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (78).

Is Lestine rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1954 (14)
Years since peak: 71; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,096; 1954

Spellings of Lestine

Lestine is not the most common spelling — Leslie is, with 50.6% against Lestine's 0.04%.

Leslie50.6%270,429
Destiny28.4%151,763
Justine7.1%38,208
Destinee3.1%16,800
Lessie2.6%14,073
Lettie2.1%11,097
Celestine1.8%9,809
Destini1.5%7,857

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lestine by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,096; 1954
Peak year: 1954; 14 that year
First recorded: 1923
Last recorded: 1970
All-time count: 208
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lestine

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Opaline Olivine Adyline Edeline Leshawn Avaline Lesieli Souline Emiline Jasline Yvaine Namine Sistine Carmine Lesslie Leshay Leslyn Leshonda Addaline Maclaine Taline Waldine Adiline Leslea

Sibling names for Lestine

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Marita Jacalyn Romona Madonna Merry Gayla Nanci Joycelyn

For a brother

Stanton Stanford Jerrold Garth Sandy Dirk Jacky Ike

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