Lestat
Boy · les-TAHT · Modern
Lestat is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Lestat mean?
Modern: literary name created by Anne Rice, French in style
Made famous by the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt in Anne Rice's novels, beginning with Interview with the Vampire (1976).
- Say it
- les-TAHT
Is Lestat a girl's or a boy's name?
Lestat is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lestat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Lestat, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Lestat in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lestat in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
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