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 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#199 · 1 in 952
- Texas#204 · 1 in 969
- Nevada#239 · 1 in 922
- Arizona#285 · 1 in 1,269
- Colorado#311 · 1 in 1,441
Best ever in a state: #89 in District of Columbia, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #199 | 230 | 1 in 952 |
| Texas | #204 | 152 | 1 in 969 |
| Nevada | #239 | 10 | 1 in 922 |
| Arizona | #285 | 24 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Colorado | #311 | 16 | 1 in 1,441 |
| Connecticut | #345 | 8 | 1 in 1,918 |
| Kansas | #355 | 8 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Maryland | #374 | 12 | 1 in 1,995 |
| New York | #384 | 45 | 1 in 2,218 |
| Illinois | #391 | 33 | 1 in 2,116 |
| New Jersey | #422 | 16 | 1 in 2,596 |
| Arkansas | #453 | 5 | 1 in 2,356 |
| Florida | #524 | 22 | 1 in 3,396 |
| Georgia | #530 | 14 | 1 in 3,266 |
| Virginia | #532 | 10 | 1 in 3,436 |
| North Carolina | #540 | 12 | 1 in 3,541 |
| Washington | #545 | 10 | 1 in 2,922 |
| Minnesota | #667 | 5 | 1 in 4,996 |
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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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 2,640 of them was named Lesly, which outranked 97.6% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 174,559 of them was named Lesly, which outranked 51.3% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #5,317Zamar12
- #5,317Zaven12
- #5,656Lesly11
- #5,656Aaran11
- #5,656Aarion11
- #5,656Adeeb11
- #6,042Abdon10
- #6,042Abdulkareem10
- #6,042Abdurahman10
Tied with 385 names at #5,656; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.