Less
Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,257
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 281since 1881
Less over time
Rank among boys' names. Less has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
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| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | |
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| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | — | |
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| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | — | |
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| 1900 | #699 | 13 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Less! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Less is popular in 1881
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Less
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1957
- Biggest drop: 330 spots in 1904 (#734 → #1,064)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1900 at #699 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1881–1903
- Highest: 1 in 11,575 boys born in 1900 were named Less (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 308,177 boys born in 1957 (0.00%)
- 26.7% of all boys named Less (75) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #866 (1881) | #937 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,068 |
| 1900s | 46 | #699 (1900) | #1,013 |
| 1910s | 75 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,448 |
| 1920s | 55 | #2,224 (1923) | #3,323 |
| 1930s | 45 | #3,022 (1930) | #3,460 |
| 1940s | 16 | #3,316 (1948) | #3,503 |
| 1950s | 19 | #3,257 (1957) | #3,415 |
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.
Less in 1881
Top boys' names in 1881
More about 1881
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100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 20,147 of them was named Less, which outranked 13.1% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 130 names at #866; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.