Les
- Last seen for girls in 1961 at #5,851
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 182 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,448since 1900
Les over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Les has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,255 | 27 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,338 | 21 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,711 | 30 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,790 | 26 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,612 | 29 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1968 | — | #910 | 63 | |
| 1967 | — | #848 | 71 | |
| 1966 | — | #800 | 83 | |
| 1965 | — | #768 | 92 | |
| 1964 | — | #749 | 105 | |
| 1963 | — | #704 | 121 | |
| 1962 | — | #689 | 126 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #586 | 182 |
| 1960 | — | #598 | 172 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #612 | 160 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | #603 | 162 |
| 1957 | — | #680 | 126 | |
| 1956 | — | #699 | 112 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #976 | 59 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,169 | 41 |
| 1953 | — | #1,189 | 39 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,279 | 33 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,364 | 28 | |
| 1949 | — | #997 | 49 | |
| 1948 | — | #813 | 70 | |
| 1947 | — | #719 | 91 | |
| 1946 | — | #773 | 74 | |
| 1945 | — | #899 | 50 | |
| 1944 | — | #861 | 54 | |
| 1943 | — | #846 | 61 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,209 | 30 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,067 | 37 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,313 | 26 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1900
The first year at least five boys were named Les! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Les is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Les in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Les
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 308 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 368 spots in 1943
- Biggest drop: 367 spots in 1950
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1961 at #586 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1955–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,671
- Highest: 1 in 11,671 boys born in 1961 were named Les (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 31.1% of all boys named Les (1,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,310 (1900) | #1,310 |
| 1910s | 34 | #1,676 (1913) | #2,614 |
| 1920s | 71 | #2,152 (1921) | #2,803 |
| 1930s | 152 | #1,313 (1937) | #1,952 |
| 1940s | 549 | #719 (1947) | #940 |
| 1950s | 790 | #603 (1958) | #995 |
| 1960s | 1,072 | #586 (1961) | #767 |
| 1970s | 307 | #1,117 (1970) | #1,758 |
| 1980s | 183 | #2,255 (1988) | #2,885 |
| 1990s | 75 | #4,407 (1990) | #6,589 |
| 2000s | 70 | #5,297 (2000) | #8,920 |
| 2010s | 95 | #6,053 (2016) | #8,235 |
| 2020s | 45 | #7,194 (2025) | #9,834 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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