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 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#89 · 1 in 285
- Nevada#159 · 1 in 580
- California#210 · 1 in 1,038
- Texas#237 · 1 in 1,123
- Illinois#252 · 1 in 1,178
Best ever in a state: #89 in District of Columbia, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #89 | 11 | 1 in 285 |
| Nevada | #159 | 20 | 1 in 580 |
| California | #210 | 222 | 1 in 1,038 |
| Texas | #237 | 143 | 1 in 1,123 |
| Illinois | #252 | 57 | 1 in 1,178 |
| New Mexico | #254 | 9 | 1 in 926 |
| Arizona | #265 | 30 | 1 in 1,184 |
| Colorado | #297 | 20 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Georgia | #404 | 25 | 1 in 2,056 |
| Maryland | #407 | 13 | 1 in 1,905 |
| New York | #436 | 42 | 1 in 2,264 |
| New Jersey | #445 | 17 | 1 in 2,388 |
| North Carolina | #469 | 19 | 1 in 2,389 |
| South Carolina | #474 | 8 | 1 in 2,181 |
| Oregon | #485 | 7 | 1 in 2,271 |
| Connecticut | #503 | 5 | 1 in 2,847 |
| Virginia | #508 | 13 | 1 in 2,854 |
| Washington | #569 | 10 | 1 in 2,936 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,753 |
| Florida | #580 | 26 | 1 in 3,296 |
| Oklahoma | #589 | 6 | 1 in 2,779 |
| Utah | #600 | 6 | 1 in 3,066 |
| Massachusetts | #697 | 6 | 1 in 4,749 |
| Indiana | #818 | 6 | 1 in 5,418 |
| Tennessee | #849 | 6 | 1 in 5,179 |
| Pennsylvania | #916 | 8 | 1 in 6,857 |
| Michigan | #954 | 7 | 1 in 6,765 |
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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 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 2,360 of them was named Lesly, which outranked 97.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 166,442 of them was named Lesly, which outranked 53.4% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,875Zoey13
- #5,875Zvi13
- #5,875Zyron13
- #6,226Lesly12
- #6,226Aalijah12
- #6,226Abdifatah12
- #6,226Abdulla12
- #6,634Aadyn11
- #6,634Aaiden11
- #6,634Aarion11
Tied with 407 names at #6,226; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.