Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Les

#2,223 most common boys' name of all time · #5,343 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#2,223
Rank overall
#5,343 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
3,480
Since 2016
91
Peak year
1961 #587
Best rank
#587 1961
Girls Boys peak 188/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Les first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 11 11 #7,218
2024 5 5 #12,412
2023 6 6 #10,883
2022 8 8 #9,038
2021 5 5 #12,242
2020 10 10 #7,530
2019 12 12 #6,799
2018 8 8 #8,852
2017 12 12 #6,718
2016 14 14 #6,075
2015 10 10 #7,535
2014 8 8 #8,823
2013 7 7 #9,723
2012 5 5 #12,339
2011 11 11 #7,036
2010 8 8 #8,852
2009 10 10 #7,740
2008 9 9 #8,358
2007 7 7 #9,845
2006 7 7 #9,638
2005 5 5 #11,551
2004 7 7 #8,995
2003 7 7 #8,695
2001 5 5 #10,627
2000 13 13 #5,324
1999 6 6 #8,767
1998 9 9 #6,360
1996 5 5 #9,090
1995 11 11 #5,164
1994 6 6 #7,834
1993 6 6 #7,710
1992 10 10 #5,274
1991 10 10 #5,142
1990 12 12 #4,437
1989 17 17 #3,350
1988 27 27 #2,263
1987 8 8 #5,028
1986 14 14 #3,295
1985 22 22 #2,374
1984 15 15 #2,986
1983 19 19 #2,510
1982 19 19 #2,535
1981 21 21 #2,355
1980 21 21 #2,383
1979 18 18 #2,586
1978 20 20 #2,303
1977 32 32 #1,681
1976 30 30 #1,722
1975 25 25 #1,902
1974 26 26 #1,802
1973 29 29 #1,621
1972 25 25 #1,786
1971 48 48 #1,186
1970 54 54 #1,126
1969 57 57 #1,023
1968 63 63 #915
1967 71 71 #853
1966 83 83 #804
1965 92 92 #770
1964 105 105 #750
1963 121 121 #709
1962 126 126 #690
1961 6 182 188 #587
1960 172 172 #599
1959 5 160 165 #612
1958 11 162 173 #605
1957 126 126 #680
1956 112 112 #701
1955 5 59 64 #984
1954 5 41 46 #1,181
1953 39 39 #1,203
1952 30 30 #1,395
1951 33 33 #1,291
1950 28 28 #1,381
1949 49 49 #1,003
1948 70 70 #818
1947 91 91 #720
1946 74 74 #775
1945 50 50 #911
1944 54 54 #866
1943 61 61 #852
1942 33 33 #1,221
1941 30 30 #1,225
1940 37 37 #1,085
1939 17 17 #1,675
1938 18 18 #1,658
1937 26 26 #1,333
1936 18 18 #1,619
1935 16 16 #1,799
1934 16 16 #1,827
1933 11 11 #2,280
1932 11 11 #2,382
1931 8 8 #2,948
1930 11 11 #2,517
1928 12 12 #2,442
1926 9 9 #2,972
1925 7 7 #3,472
1923 8 8 #3,255
1922 11 11 #2,707
1921 15 15 #2,200
1920 9 9 #3,030
1918 7 7 #3,444
1917 8 8 #3,019
1914 8 8 #2,534
1913 11 11 #1,763
1900 5 5 #1,491