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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Les has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #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 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Les
- 5,155 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #7,194)
- 308 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,194)
- 297 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 368 spots in 1943 (#1,214 → #846)
- Biggest drop: 367 spots in 1950 (#997 → #1,364)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1961 at #586 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1955–1968
- 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%)
- 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.
Les in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 336,416 of them was named Les, which outranked 22.3% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,309Zettie7
- #5,309Zondra7
- #5,309Zula7
- #5,851Les6
- #5,851Adeena6
- #5,851Adraine6
- #5,851Adrina6
- #6,567Abelina5
- #6,567Abigale5
- #6,567Adline5
Tied with 715 names at #5,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 11,671 of them was named Les, which outranked 87.4% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.