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 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 6,279 of them was named Lessie, which outranked 90.0% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #484Katharine170
- #485Lelia169
- #486Camille168
- #487Lessie167
- #487Ardith167
- #487Clare167
- #490Nita166
- #491Gearldine165
- #491Patti165
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 37,191 of them was named Lessie, which outranked 69.3% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,247Roby29
- #1,247Shannon29
- #1,247Sheridan29
- #1,273Lessie28
- #1,273Barrie28
- #1,273Caleb28
- #1,273Cullen28
- #1,295Ann27
- #1,295Audie27
- #1,295Augusta27
Tied with 21 names at #1,273; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.