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

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Peak · girls
2003 · 839 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,281
since 1936

Lesly over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lesly has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #364, 2003girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,443149
2024#1,099223
2023#1,455153
2022#1,304181
2021#1,460147
2020#1,334165
2019#1,319173
2018#1,229190
2017#1,217197
2016#1,257194
2015#1,115230
2014#966276
2013#838314
2012#757367#12,2745
2011#693404
2010#581505
2009#505598
2008#451699
2007#429766
2006#418761
2005#401783#6,22612
2004#407747#8,9277
2003#364839#7,8318
2002#406717#8,4567
2001#371802#10,5565
2000#389742#5,92011
1999#415672#5,65611
1998#491516#4,87313
1997#578401#7,2817
1996#671330#9,0155
1995#967195#5,9289
1994#1,125160#5,45210
1993#1,194145#5,36010
1992#1,434112#5,6609
1991#1,443110#4,23113
1990#1,67088#5,8238
1989#2,30451#3,44616
1988#2,13154#4,16211
1987#2,09852#3,33914
1986#2,62037#6,7215
1985#2,60137#4,05210
1984#2,19245#3,10714
1983#2,55235#3,63011
1982#1,99152#3,48212
1981#2,30543#2,89815
1980#2,86631#4,1349
1979#3,14726#3,81010
1978#3,51221#4,1578
1977#3,00226#3,8369
1976#3,09523#4,0128
1975#3,05223
1974#3,31320#3,8378
1973#2,91423#3,01311
1972#4,79311#3,3449
1971#2,54229#3,3709
1970#2,77925#3,2829
1969#3,10219#3,5957
1968#2,36027#3,3657
1967#1,94736#3,9665
1966#1,76641#3,2497
1965#2,03133#3,5376
1964#2,04034#2,54611
1963#1,86739#2,67310
1962#1,70844#3,3057
1961#2,25028#3,3567
1960#2,09730#2,8719
1959#2,39523#3,9885
1958#2,50621
1957#3,30913#3,5526
1956#2,62219
1955#4,3768#2,7649
1954#3,01914
1953#3,26912
1952#3,7969#2,51410
1951#1,88527
1950#3,23511#3,3296
1949#3,39310
1948#3,8838
1947#4,3457#3,7335
1946#3,21710
1945#4,0256
1944
1943#4,1966
1942#3,4448
1941#3,5597
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1939#3,7826
1938#4,3425
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1936#4,1815
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1930#3,5926
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1925#4,1975
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1923#3,4677
1922#4,3075
1921#4,3225
1920#3,8156
1919#4,1685
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First appearance
1936

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.

See more about Lesly
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
67 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 2003 at #364 (839 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1995–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,178
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 48.8% of all girls named Lesly (7,454) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s16#3,782 (1939)#4,102
1940s62#3,217 (1946)#3,758
1950s157#1,885 (1951)#3,041
1960s331#1,708 (1962)#2,117
1970s227#2,542 (1971)#3,215
1980s437#1,991 (1982)#2,366
1990s2,729#415 (1999)#999
2000s7,454#364 (2003)#414
2010s2,850#581 (2010)#997
2020s1,018#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 1997

girls
#578
401 births · 1 in 4,341 girls
boys
#7,281
7 births · 1 in 269,306 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #578Lesly401

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #7,281Lesly7
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 4,341 of them was named Lesly, which outranked 96.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lesly
  1. #575Christy403
  2. #575Ericka403
  3. #575Shaina403
  4. #578Lesly401
  5. #578Darby401
  6. #578Kailee401
  7. #581Cortney400
  8. #581Desirae400
  9. #583Nikita398

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 269,306 of them was named Lesly, which outranked 32.7% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lesly
  1. #6,618Ziaire8
  2. #6,618Ziyad8
  3. #6,618Zoltan8
  4. #7,281Lesly7
  5. #7,281Aadil7
  6. #7,281Aaronjames7
  7. #7,281Abdalrahman7
  8. #8,110Aaditya6
  9. #8,110Aaric6
  10. #8,110Aashish6

Tied with 828 names at #7,281; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997