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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |