Lesly
#1,212 most common girls' name of all time · #2,139 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1919–2025
Rank among girls
#1,212
Rank overall
#2,139 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
15,785
Since 2016
1,772
Peak year
2003 #364
Best rank
#364 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 847/yr
Lesly first appears in 1919. 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 | 149 | — | 149 | #1,446 |
| 2024 | 223 | — | 223 | #1,100 |
| 2023 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,457 |
| 2022 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,306 |
| 2021 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,463 |
| 2020 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,337 |
| 2019 | 173 | — | 173 | #1,321 |
| 2018 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,229 |
| 2017 | 197 | — | 197 | #1,221 |
| 2016 | 194 | — | 194 | #1,259 |
| 2015 | 230 | — | 230 | #1,116 |
| 2014 | 276 | — | 276 | #966 |
| 2013 | 314 | — | 314 | #839 |
| 2012 | 367 | 5 | 372 | #758 |
| 2011 | 404 | — | 404 | #693 |
| 2010 | 505 | — | 505 | #581 |
| 2009 | 598 | — | 598 | #505 |
| 2008 | 699 | — | 699 | #452 |
| 2007 | 766 | — | 766 | #429 |
| 2006 | 761 | — | 761 | #419 |
| 2005 | 783 | 12 | 795 | #401 |
| 2004 | 747 | 7 | 754 | #408 |
| 2003 | 839 | 8 | 847 | #364 |
| 2002 | 717 | 7 | 724 | #406 |
| 2001 | 802 | 5 | 807 | #372 |
| 2000 | 742 | 11 | 753 | #389 |
| 1999 | 672 | 11 | 683 | #415 |
| 1998 | 516 | 13 | 529 | #491 |
| 1997 | 401 | 7 | 408 | #579 |
| 1996 | 330 | 5 | 335 | #672 |
| 1995 | 195 | 9 | 204 | #967 |
| 1994 | 160 | 10 | 170 | #1,126 |
| 1993 | 145 | 10 | 155 | #1,195 |
| 1992 | 112 | 9 | 121 | #1,438 |
| 1991 | 110 | 13 | 123 | #1,446 |
| 1990 | 88 | 8 | 96 | #1,675 |
| 1989 | 51 | 16 | 67 | #2,316 |
| 1988 | 54 | 11 | 65 | #2,138 |
| 1987 | 52 | 14 | 66 | #2,106 |
| 1986 | 37 | 5 | 42 | #2,635 |
| 1985 | 37 | 10 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1984 | 45 | 14 | 59 | #2,197 |
| 1983 | 35 | 11 | 46 | #2,569 |
| 1982 | 52 | 12 | 64 | #2,001 |
| 1981 | 43 | 15 | 58 | #2,315 |
| 1980 | 31 | 9 | 40 | #2,894 |
| 1979 | 26 | 10 | 36 | #3,177 |
| 1978 | 21 | 8 | 29 | #3,551 |
| 1977 | 26 | 9 | 35 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 23 | 8 | 31 | #3,135 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,093 |
| 1974 | 20 | 8 | 28 | #3,343 |
| 1973 | 23 | 11 | 34 | #2,953 |
| 1972 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #4,880 |
| 1971 | 29 | 9 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1970 | 25 | 9 | 34 | #2,804 |
| 1969 | 19 | 7 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1968 | 27 | 7 | 34 | #2,395 |
| 1967 | 36 | 5 | 41 | #1,962 |
| 1966 | 41 | 7 | 48 | #1,780 |
| 1965 | 33 | 6 | 39 | #2,046 |
| 1964 | 34 | 11 | 45 | #2,056 |
| 1963 | 39 | 10 | 49 | #1,881 |
| 1962 | 44 | 7 | 51 | #1,719 |
| 1961 | 28 | 7 | 35 | #2,273 |
| 1960 | 30 | 9 | 39 | #2,127 |
| 1959 | 23 | 5 | 28 | #2,431 |
| 1958 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,543 |
| 1957 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #3,394 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,666 |
| 1955 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #4,560 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,397 |
| 1952 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #3,979 |
| 1951 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,908 |
| 1950 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #3,346 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,529 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,073 |
| 1947 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,576 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,357 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,319 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,510 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,645 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,823 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,106 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,740 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,639 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | — |