Lister is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Lister is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1962. Lister first appears in 1914 and peaked in 1928 (13 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,404 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,040 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,551 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #3,979 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #3,026 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,383 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #3,840 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | #2,339 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,540 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,004 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | #3,701 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #2,869 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,693 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #4,706 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #4,682 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | #3,024 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #3,980 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,372 |
| 1914 | 10 | — | #2,207 |