Lessie
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 93.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1904 · 175 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,073since 1880
Lessie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,518 | 56 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #1,511 | 55 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #1,343 | 69 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #1,597 | 49 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #1,478 | 53 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #1,282 | 68 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,193 | 78 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #1,194 | 76 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #978 | 104 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #994 | 96 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #940 | 101 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #930 | 99 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #840 | 113 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #876 | 102 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #813 | 115 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #708 | 139 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #711 | 142 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #675 | 140 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #646 | 128 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #705 | 113 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #621 | 148 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #635 | 140 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #581 | 145 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #585 | 141 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #549 | 148 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #523 | 167 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #504 | 171 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #498 | 168 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #487 | 167 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #466 | 191 | #1,323 | 26 |
| 1933 | #483 | 174 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #456 | 206 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #462 | 196 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #424 | 245 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #428 | 240 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #439 | 239 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #412 | 278 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #434 | 254 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #381 | 318 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #384 | 315 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #372 | 319 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #379 | 296 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #354 | 346 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | #365 | 325 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #327 | 375 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #342 | 361 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #342 | 334 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #309 | 382 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #333 | 321 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #287 | 336 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #302 | 245 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #290 | 246 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #261 | 220 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #267 | 208 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #289 | 156 | — | |
| 1908 | #262 | 181 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #252 | 186 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #264 | 155 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #247 | 168 | — | |
| 1904 | #232 | 175 | — | |
| 1903 | #253 | 145 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #235 | 164 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #253 | 132 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #242 | 176 | — | |
| 1899 | #294 | 101 | — | |
| 1898 | #252 | 140 | — | |
| 1897 | #282 | 101 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #262 | 120 | — | |
| 1895 | #239 | 133 | — | |
| 1894 | #313 | 78 | — | |
| 1893 | #273 | 96 | — | |
| 1892 | #266 | 98 | — | |
| 1891 | #315 | 64 | — | |
| 1890 | #282 | 79 | — | |
| 1889 | #277 | 74 | — | |
| 1888 | #280 | 69 | — | |
| 1887 | #255 | 67 | — | |
| 1886 | #263 | 63 | — | |
| 1885 | #329 | 38 | — | |
| 1884 | #285 | 45 | — | |
| 1883 | #314 | 32 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #352 | 25 | — | |
| 1881 | #393 | 18 | — | |
| 1880 | #388 | 18 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lessie was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 74 spots in 1895 (#313 → #239)
- Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1956 (#978 → #1,194)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #232 (175 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 52 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 76 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,573
- Highest: 1 in 1,573 girls born in 1904 were named Lessie (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 21.5% of all girls named Lessie (3,028) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 449 | #255 (1887) | #314 |
| 1890s | 1,010 | #239 (1895) | #278 |
| 1900s | 1,638 | #232 (1904) | #253 |
| 1910s | 3,028 | #261 (1911) | #306 |
| 1920s | 2,930 | #354 (1921) | #395 |
| 1930s | 1,833 | #424 (1930) | #485 |
| 1940s | 1,351 | #581 (1941) | #668 |
| 1950s | 890 | #840 (1951) | #1,071 |
| 1960s | 469 | #1,343 (1961) | #1,748 |
| 1970s | 187 | #2,477 (1971) | #3,805 |
| 1980s | 159 | #3,530 (1982) | #5,010 |
| 1990s | 84 | #5,949 (1991) | #9,248 |
| 2000s | 38 | #10,425 (2003) | #14,380 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 7 | #12,197 (2023) | #12,197 |
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.
Lessie in 1892
girls
#266
98 births · 1 in 2,167 girls
Top girls' names in 1892
More about 1892
girls
212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 2,167 of them was named Lessie, which outranked 84.0% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).