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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 16,795 of them was named Lessie, which outranked 85.7% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #869Theodora104
- #874Herlinda103
- #874Isabelle103
- #876Lessie102
- #876Adrian102
- #876Charlie102
- #876Kathlyn102
- #885Georgiana101
- #885Hester101
- #885Mitzi101
Tied with 8 names at #876; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 149,189 of them was named Lessie, which outranked 47.4% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,111Wells13
- #2,111Weyman13
- #2,111Winifred13
- #2,207Lessie12
- #2,207Adrain12
- #2,207Alvan12
- #2,207Alwyn12
- #2,321Abran11
- #2,321Alexandro11
- #2,321Alphonsa11
Tied with 113 names at #2,207; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.