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.

Lesli

#2,254 most common girls' name of all time · #3,841 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1946–2025

Rank among girls
#2,254
Rank overall
#3,841 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
5,799
Since 2016
144
Peak year
2001 #1,223
Best rank
#840 1967
Girls Boys peak 166/yr
1960198020002020

Lesli first appears in 1946. 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 13 13 #7,971
2024 22 22 #5,641
2023 15 15 #7,319
2022 10 10 #9,797
2021 17 17 #6,754
2020 17 17 #6,693
2019 13 13 #8,228
2018 11 11 #9,262
2017 16 16 #7,165
2016 10 10 #10,222
2015 25 25 #5,341
2014 26 26 #5,198
2013 23 23 #5,678
2012 41 41 #3,805
2011 64 64 #2,734
2010 76 76 #2,461
2009 90 90 #2,195
2008 137 137 #1,647
2007 135 135 #1,649
2006 162 162 #1,401
2005 152 152 #1,410
2004 151 151 #1,385
2003 135 135 #1,457
2002 147 147 #1,325
2001 166 166 #1,223
2000 145 145 #1,312
1999 115 115 #1,498
1998 79 79 #1,924
1997 48 48 #2,640
1996 78 78 #1,872
1995 58 58 #2,289
1994 49 49 #2,558
1993 50 50 #2,501
1992 56 56 #2,333
1991 57 57 #2,282
1990 50 50 #2,446
1989 48 48 #2,420
1988 46 46 #2,389
1987 53 53 #2,077
1986 53 53 #2,041
1985 54 54 #2,003
1984 50 50 #2,035
1983 59 59 #1,803
1982 87 87 #1,407
1981 87 87 #1,413
1980 86 86 #1,425
1979 79 79 #1,500
1978 80 80 #1,443
1977 81 81 #1,391
1976 87 87 #1,278
1975 112 112 #1,060
1974 117 117 #1,030
1973 100 100 #1,124
1972 110 110 #1,051
1971 121 121 #1,024
1970 110 110 #1,085
1969 131 131 #931
1968 126 126 #924
1967 145 145 #840
1966 139 139 #848
1965 126 126 #900
1964 117 117 #988
1963 145 145 #873
1962 89 89 #1,165
1961 93 93 #1,142
1960 79 79 #1,235
1959 79 79 #1,207
1958 89 89 #1,128
1957 80 80 #1,186
1956 55 55 #1,433
1955 36 36 #1,769
1954 37 37 #1,699
1953 45 45 #1,471
1952 24 24 #2,121
1951 15 15 #2,805
1950 20 20 #2,252
1949 17 17 #2,511
1948 8 8 #4,179
1947 12 12 #3,233
1946 13 13 #2,878