Lesly
#1,443 for girls in 2025, 149 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
Given to girls 96.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2003 · 839 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,281since 1936
Lesly over time
Rank among girls' names. Lesly has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #1,443 | 149 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,099 | 223 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,455 | 153 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,304 | 181 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,460 | 147 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,334 | 165 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,319 | 173 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,229 | 190 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,217 | 197 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,257 | 194 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,115 | 230 | — | |
| 2014 | #966 | 276 | — | |
| 2013 | #838 | 314 | — | |
| 2012 | #757 | 367 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #693 | 404 | — | |
| 2010 | #581 | 505 | — | |
| 2009 | #505 | 598 | — | |
| 2008 | #451 | 699 | — | |
| 2007 | #429 | 766 | — | |
| 2006 | #418 | 761 | — | |
| 2005 | #401 | 783 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #407 | 747 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #364 | 839 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #406 | 717 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #371 | 802 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #389 | 742 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #415 | 672 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #491 | 516 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #578 | 401 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #671 | 330 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #967 | 195 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #1,125 | 160 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #1,194 | 145 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #1,434 | 112 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #1,443 | 110 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #1,670 | 88 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #2,304 | 51 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #2,131 | 54 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #2,192 | 45 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #2,305 | 43 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,031 | 33 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 34 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lesly! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lesly is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#555 · 1 in 3,674
- Texas#626 · 1 in 4,249
- Arizona#825 · 1 in 5,410
- New Jersey#855 · 1 in 7,337
- New York#1,058 · 1 in 9,268
Best ever in a state: #89 in District of Columbia, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #555 | 66 | 1 in 3,674 |
| Texas | #626 | 32 | 1 in 4,249 |
| Arizona | #825 | 5 | 1 in 5,410 |
| New Jersey | #855 | 6 | 1 in 7,337 |
| New York | #1,058 | 12 | 1 in 9,268 |
| Florida | #1,277 | 6 | 1 in 12,420 |
| Illinois | #1,302 | 6 | 1 in 12,373 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lesly
- 344 spots since 2024 (#1,099 → #1,443)
- 109 spots since 2020 (#1,334 → #1,443)
- 328 spots since 2015 (#1,115 → #1,443)
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1996 (#967 → #671)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 2015 (#966 → #1,115)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 2003 at #364 (839 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1995–2014
- Highest: 1 in 2,178 girls born in 2003 were named Lesly (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,787 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 48.8% of all girls named Lesly (7,454) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 16 | #3,782 (1939) | #4,102 |
| 1940s | 62 | #3,217 (1946) | #3,758 |
| 1950s | 157 | #1,885 (1951) | #3,041 |
| 1960s | 331 | #1,708 (1962) | #2,117 |
| 1970s | 227 | #2,542 (1971) | #3,215 |
| 1980s | 437 | #1,991 (1982) | #2,366 |
| 1990s | 2,729 | #415 (1999) | #999 |
| 2000s | 7,454 | #364 (2003) | #414 |
| 2010s | 2,850 | #581 (2010) | #997 |
| 2020s | 1,018 | #1,099 (2024) | #1,349 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lesly in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 11,161 of them was named Lesly, which outranked 92.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 193,203 of them was named Lesly, which outranked 46.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,109Zackrey11
- #5,109Zalman11
- #5,109Zeshan11
- #5,452Lesly10
- #5,452Aarion10
- #5,452Abisai10
- #5,452Able10
- #5,868Aaran9
- #5,868Aarin9
- #5,868Abanoub9
Tied with 415 names at #5,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.