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.

Leslie**

#95 most common girls' name of all time · #185 across all names · 29% male / 71% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#95
Rank overall
#185 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
383,418
Since 2016
5,814
Peak year
1957 #77
Best rank
#56 1981
Girls Boys peak 8,199/yr
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Leslie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 393 32 425 #713
2024 496 41 537 #605
2023 440 40 480 #670
2022 453 33 486 #651
2021 477 33 510 #623
2020 488 26 514 #595
2019 572 50 622 #537
2018 601 38 639 #521
2017 704 45 749 #449
2016 807 45 852 #413
2015 880 56 936 #371
2014 1,000 61 1,061 #338
2013 1,111 36 1,147 #287
2012 1,226 50 1,276 #266
2011 1,286 54 1,340 #246
2010 1,565 47 1,612 #199
2009 1,983 76 2,059 #160
2008 2,326 76 2,402 #147
2007 2,690 82 2,772 #127
2006 3,036 82 3,118 #108
2005 3,123 102 3,225 #103
2004 3,501 90 3,591 #93
2003 3,639 101 3,740 #91
2002 3,522 96 3,618 #91
2001 3,612 125 3,737 #84
2000 3,623 137 3,760 #90
1999 3,341 120 3,461 #100
1998 3,079 123 3,202 #111
1997 2,821 158 2,979 #115
1996 2,664 175 2,839 #118
1995 2,313 186 2,499 #137
1994 2,398 208 2,606 #131
1993 2,294 200 2,494 #138
1992 2,482 216 2,698 #133
1991 2,550 279 2,829 #124
1990 2,827 295 3,122 #115
1989 2,865 327 3,192 #108
1988 3,079 318 3,397 #94
1987 3,194 290 3,484 #89
1986 3,224 380 3,604 #86
1985 3,607 331 3,938 #76
1984 3,817 367 4,184 #75
1983 4,248 414 4,662 #67
1982 4,985 431 5,416 #60
1981 4,934 499 5,433 #56
1980 4,776 507 5,283 #61
1979 4,497 529 5,026 #65
1978 4,342 524 4,866 #63
1977 4,250 608 4,858 #65
1976 4,311 534 4,845 #65
1975 4,105 680 4,785 #71
1974 4,463 691 5,154 #65
1973 3,954 790 4,744 #75
1972 4,184 840 5,024 #75
1971 5,111 985 6,096 #68
1970 5,622 1,013 6,635 #64
1969 5,836 1,043 6,879 #64
1968 5,282 1,012 6,294 #66
1967 5,318 1,062 6,380 #66
1966 4,999 1,239 6,238 #71
1965 4,875 1,419 6,294 #75
1964 5,598 1,445 7,043 #73
1963 5,857 1,557 7,414 #72
1962 5,778 1,652 7,430 #80
1961 5,668 1,623 7,291 #84
1960 5,242 1,672 6,914 #92
1959 5,652 1,757 7,409 #84
1958 6,014 1,943 7,957 #79
1957 6,103 2,096 8,199 #77
1956 4,382 2,050 6,432 #104
1955 4,405 2,232 6,637 #99
1954 4,147 2,231 6,378 #99
1953 3,904 2,284 6,188 #96
1952 3,573 2,358 5,931 #104
1951 2,540 2,298 4,838 #133
1950 2,329 2,132 4,461 #134
1949 2,418 2,208 4,626 #132
1948 2,305 2,214 4,519 #131
1947 2,358 2,305 4,663 #132
1946 2,139 2,138 4,277 #130
1945 1,704 1,975 3,679 #142
1944 1,202 1,971 3,173 #182
1943 1,137 1,918 3,055 #191
1942 834 1,733 2,567 #232
1941 505 1,557 2,062 #288
1940 254 1,370 1,624 #427
1939 179 1,294 1,473 #499
1938 176 1,248 1,424 #504
1937 177 1,237 1,414 #493
1936 179 1,252 1,431 #480
1935 161 1,222 1,383 #502
1934 125 1,215 1,340 #579
1933 123 1,168 1,291 #579
1932 94 1,177 1,271 #700
1931 101 1,192 1,293 #662
1930 132 1,237 1,369 #601
1929 102 1,259 1,361 #694
1928 102 1,380 1,482 #693
1927 126 1,441 1,567 #639
1926 140 1,467 1,607 #600
1925 139 1,518 1,657 #622
1924 142 1,664 1,806 #632
1923 151 1,553 1,704 #587
1922 121 1,544 1,665 #659
1921 126 1,647 1,773 #655
1920 92 1,592 1,684 #761
1919 114 1,539 1,653 #652
1918 127 1,644 1,771 #627
1917 99 1,440 1,539 #693
1916 101 1,355 1,456 #680
1915 88 1,409 1,497 #714
1914 68 1,076 1,144 #702
1913 52 838 890 #725
1912 49 693 742 #718
1911 35 323 358 #734
1910 52 313 365 #572
1909 35 292 327 #678
1908 41 279 320 #587
1907 34 273 307 #643
1906 29 263 292 #684
1905 35 237 272 #594
1904 30 236 266 #634
1903 24 227 251 #686
1902 37 251 288 #531
1901 29 198 227 #583
1900 30 275 305 #646
1899 18 181 199 #766
1898 24 228 252 #668
1897 34 222 256 #504
1896 27 237 264 #601
1895 22 235 257 #670
1894 36 223 259 #468
1893 26 185 211 #556
1892 22 207 229 #604
1891 28 164 192 #492
1890 20 181 201 #587
1889 23 155 178 #538
1888 23 175 198 #530
1887 12 166 178 #677
1886 8 136 144 #838
1885 10 122 132 #711
1884 15 125 140 #549
1883 7 120 127 #764
1882 9 122 131 #645
1881 11 92 103 #523
1880 8 79 87 #655