Lesley*
#701 most common girls' name of all time · #1,284 across all names · 12% male / 88% female · used 1882–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#701
Rank overall
#1,284 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
130 of 146
All-time
39,098
Since 2016
486
Peak year
1980 #269
Best rank
#268 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 981/yr
Lesley first appears in 1882. 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 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,555 |
| 2024 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2023 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,664 |
| 2022 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,174 |
| 2021 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2020 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,096 |
| 2019 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,134 |
| 2018 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,749 |
| 2017 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 76 | 8 | 84 | #2,428 |
| 2015 | 96 | 6 | 102 | #2,041 |
| 2014 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,806 |
| 2013 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,726 |
| 2012 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,640 |
| 2011 | 175 | 7 | 182 | #1,331 |
| 2010 | 219 | 7 | 226 | #1,124 |
| 2009 | 223 | 10 | 233 | #1,134 |
| 2008 | 254 | 5 | 259 | #1,031 |
| 2007 | 353 | 7 | 360 | #813 |
| 2006 | 371 | 12 | 383 | #744 |
| 2005 | 382 | 8 | 390 | #716 |
| 2004 | 451 | 9 | 460 | #610 |
| 2003 | 452 | 12 | 464 | #604 |
| 2002 | 471 | 11 | 482 | #563 |
| 2001 | 509 | 9 | 518 | #523 |
| 2000 | 658 | 17 | 675 | #429 |
| 1999 | 682 | 21 | 703 | #408 |
| 1998 | 695 | 15 | 710 | #394 |
| 1997 | 626 | 15 | 641 | #416 |
| 1996 | 591 | 15 | 606 | #431 |
| 1995 | 276 | 10 | 286 | #740 |
| 1994 | 288 | 20 | 308 | #720 |
| 1993 | 314 | 22 | 336 | #688 |
| 1992 | 354 | 19 | 373 | #635 |
| 1991 | 372 | 30 | 402 | #607 |
| 1990 | 440 | 26 | 466 | #540 |
| 1989 | 394 | 27 | 421 | #566 |
| 1988 | 480 | 23 | 503 | #473 |
| 1987 | 472 | 24 | 496 | #463 |
| 1986 | 520 | 40 | 560 | #421 |
| 1985 | 565 | 26 | 591 | #401 |
| 1984 | 606 | 41 | 647 | #378 |
| 1983 | 734 | 42 | 776 | #318 |
| 1982 | 833 | 40 | 873 | #296 |
| 1981 | 870 | 60 | 930 | #282 |
| 1980 | 928 | 53 | 981 | #269 |
| 1979 | 913 | 42 | 955 | #268 |
| 1978 | 842 | 46 | 888 | #275 |
| 1977 | 848 | 82 | 930 | #281 |
| 1976 | 752 | 57 | 809 | #305 |
| 1975 | 714 | 56 | 770 | #321 |
| 1974 | 782 | 59 | 841 | #302 |
| 1973 | 611 | 75 | 686 | #348 |
| 1972 | 641 | 65 | 706 | #345 |
| 1971 | 850 | 71 | 921 | #313 |
| 1970 | 766 | 75 | 841 | #342 |
| 1969 | 714 | 66 | 780 | #334 |
| 1968 | 661 | 86 | 747 | #343 |
| 1967 | 689 | 99 | 788 | #335 |
| 1966 | 752 | 100 | 852 | #324 |
| 1965 | 744 | 95 | 839 | #330 |
| 1964 | 403 | 78 | 481 | #483 |
| 1963 | 350 | 88 | 438 | #519 |
| 1962 | 304 | 84 | 388 | #564 |
| 1961 | 276 | 76 | 352 | #607 |
| 1960 | 244 | 76 | 320 | #647 |
| 1959 | 305 | 101 | 406 | #558 |
| 1958 | 286 | 102 | 388 | #587 |
| 1957 | 397 | 83 | 480 | #474 |
| 1956 | 295 | 80 | 375 | #544 |
| 1955 | 333 | 69 | 402 | #506 |
| 1954 | 354 | 75 | 429 | #473 |
| 1953 | 297 | 70 | 367 | #504 |
| 1952 | 307 | 79 | 386 | #481 |
| 1951 | 297 | 86 | 383 | #478 |
| 1950 | 254 | 64 | 318 | #509 |
| 1949 | 249 | 81 | 330 | #519 |
| 1948 | 212 | 71 | 283 | #574 |
| 1947 | 215 | 71 | 286 | #582 |
| 1946 | 204 | 57 | 261 | #553 |
| 1945 | 129 | 48 | 177 | #643 |
| 1944 | 129 | 70 | 199 | #653 |
| 1943 | 95 | 68 | 163 | #796 |
| 1942 | 102 | 60 | 162 | #749 |
| 1941 | 56 | 47 | 103 | #977 |
| 1940 | 32 | 57 | 89 | #1,322 |
| 1939 | 36 | 43 | 79 | #1,226 |
| 1938 | 39 | 40 | 79 | #1,169 |
| 1937 | 36 | 39 | 75 | #1,206 |
| 1936 | 18 | 31 | 49 | #1,816 |
| 1935 | 28 | 37 | 65 | #1,396 |
| 1934 | 23 | 42 | 65 | #1,566 |
| 1933 | 17 | 35 | 52 | #1,921 |
| 1932 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #4,467 |
| 1931 | 9 | 25 | 34 | #3,012 |
| 1930 | 8 | 40 | 48 | #3,387 |
| 1929 | 13 | 41 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 1928 | 5 | 46 | 51 | #4,774 |
| 1927 | 14 | 51 | 65 | #2,467 |
| 1926 | 15 | 36 | 51 | #2,380 |
| 1925 | 14 | 53 | 67 | #2,514 |
| 1924 | 7 | 40 | 47 | #4,043 |
| 1923 | 9 | 45 | 54 | #3,391 |
| 1922 | 6 | 58 | 64 | #4,490 |
| 1921 | 14 | 39 | 53 | #2,532 |
| 1920 | 15 | 50 | 65 | #2,374 |
| 1919 | 7 | 41 | 48 | #3,860 |
| 1918 | 11 | 41 | 52 | #2,861 |
| 1917 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #4,642 |
| 1916 | 12 | 29 | 41 | #2,523 |
| 1915 | 10 | 27 | 37 | #2,718 |
| 1914 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #3,671 |
| 1913 | 10 | 22 | 32 | #2,062 |
| 1912 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1911 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,462 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1908 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1905 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1903 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1900 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,490 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | — |