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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | |
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.
See more about Lessie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 74 spots in 1895 (#313 → #239)
- Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1956 (#978 → #1,194)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #232 (175 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 52 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
- 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%)
- 21.5% of all girls named Lessie (3,028) were born in this decade
- 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 1914
Top girls' names in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
girls
761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 2,267 of them was named Lessie, which outranked 93.2% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 36,376 of them was named Lessie, which outranked 61.7% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,388Virginia19
- #1,388West19
- #1,388Wilferd19
- #1,441Lessie18
- #1,441Amadeo18
- #1,441Anastacio18
- #1,441Ashby18
- #1,492Aime17
- #1,492Almond17
- #1,492Amerigo17
Tied with 50 names at #1,441; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.