How Many People Are Named Lestat?
people named Lestat are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 654,760 people in the US has this name
Based on 528 babies named Lestat in Social Security records from 1995 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Name used by author Anne Rice for a character in her 'Vampire Chronicles' series of novels, first released in 1976, where it belongs to the French vampire Lestat de Lioncourt. Rice possibly intended the name to appear derived from Old French or Occitan l'estat "state, status", though apparently her husband's name Stan was inspiration.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lestat in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lestat alive today is about 15 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lestat first appears in the records in 1995 and was given most often in 2010, to 37 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1995 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lestat has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,926, in 2004. In 2025 it ranked #6,309.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,309 |
| Best rank | #2,926 (2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,793 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lestat alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lestat were born in Texas than in any other state: about 20 of those alive today.
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