Lessie*
#1,253 most common girls' name of all time · #2,206 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1880–2023 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,253
Rank overall
#2,206 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
15,018
Since 2016
7
Peak year
1916 #309
Best rank
#232 1904
Girls
Boys
peak 407/yr
Lessie 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,202 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,839 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,643 |
| 2006 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,173 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,428 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,034 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,389 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,264 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,733 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,571 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,776 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,721 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,742 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,135 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,957 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,602 |
| 1987 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,860 |
| 1986 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #7,754 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,457 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,996 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,290 |
| 1982 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,519 |
| 1979 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #3,908 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,927 |
| 1977 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #6,346 |
| 1976 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,099 |
| 1975 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,516 |
| 1974 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,923 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,587 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,717 |
| 1971 | 30 | 6 | 36 | #2,479 |
| 1970 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #3,579 |
| 1969 | 33 | 6 | 39 | #2,209 |
| 1968 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,559 |
| 1966 | 49 | 6 | 55 | #1,602 |
| 1965 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,689 |
| 1964 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,518 |
| 1963 | 49 | 7 | 56 | #1,624 |
| 1962 | 55 | 11 | 66 | #1,513 |
| 1961 | 69 | 11 | 80 | #1,343 |
| 1960 | 49 | 11 | 60 | #1,599 |
| 1959 | 53 | 8 | 61 | #1,479 |
| 1958 | 68 | 6 | 74 | #1,283 |
| 1957 | 78 | 8 | 86 | #1,194 |
| 1956 | 76 | 10 | 86 | #1,195 |
| 1955 | 104 | 20 | 124 | #980 |
| 1954 | 96 | 7 | 103 | #994 |
| 1953 | 101 | 9 | 110 | #941 |
| 1952 | 99 | 8 | 107 | #931 |
| 1951 | 113 | 11 | 124 | #840 |
| 1950 | 102 | 12 | 114 | #877 |
| 1949 | 115 | 15 | 130 | #813 |
| 1948 | 139 | 11 | 150 | #710 |
| 1947 | 142 | 21 | 163 | #711 |
| 1946 | 140 | 15 | 155 | #675 |
| 1945 | 128 | 15 | 143 | #648 |
| 1944 | 113 | 10 | 123 | #705 |
| 1943 | 148 | 14 | 162 | #621 |
| 1942 | 140 | 14 | 154 | #635 |
| 1941 | 145 | 26 | 171 | #581 |
| 1940 | 141 | 19 | 160 | #585 |
| 1939 | 148 | 17 | 165 | #549 |
| 1938 | 167 | 10 | 177 | #524 |
| 1937 | 171 | 18 | 189 | #504 |
| 1936 | 168 | 12 | 180 | #498 |
| 1935 | 167 | 28 | 195 | #487 |
| 1934 | 191 | 26 | 217 | #466 |
| 1933 | 174 | 17 | 191 | #484 |
| 1932 | 206 | 16 | 222 | #456 |
| 1931 | 196 | 13 | 209 | #462 |
| 1930 | 245 | 19 | 264 | #424 |
| 1929 | 240 | 9 | 249 | #429 |
| 1928 | 239 | 16 | 255 | #440 |
| 1927 | 278 | 11 | 289 | #412 |
| 1926 | 254 | 19 | 273 | #434 |
| 1925 | 318 | 31 | 349 | #382 |
| 1924 | 315 | 26 | 341 | #384 |
| 1923 | 319 | 21 | 340 | #372 |
| 1922 | 296 | 22 | 318 | #379 |
| 1921 | 346 | 22 | 368 | #355 |
| 1920 | 325 | 29 | 354 | #365 |
| 1919 | 375 | 24 | 399 | #327 |
| 1918 | 361 | 22 | 383 | #342 |
| 1917 | 334 | 23 | 357 | #342 |
| 1916 | 382 | 25 | 407 | #309 |
| 1915 | 321 | 24 | 345 | #333 |
| 1914 | 336 | 18 | 354 | #288 |
| 1913 | 245 | 7 | 252 | #303 |
| 1912 | 246 | 11 | 257 | #290 |
| 1911 | 220 | 8 | 228 | #261 |
| 1910 | 208 | 13 | 221 | #267 |
| 1909 | 156 | — | 156 | #289 |
| 1908 | 181 | 7 | 188 | #263 |
| 1907 | 186 | 7 | 193 | #252 |
| 1906 | 155 | 5 | 160 | #264 |
| 1905 | 168 | — | 168 | #249 |
| 1904 | 175 | — | 175 | #232 |
| 1903 | 145 | 8 | 153 | #255 |
| 1902 | 164 | 5 | 169 | #236 |
| 1901 | 132 | 7 | 139 | #253 |
| 1900 | 176 | — | 176 | #243 |
| 1899 | 101 | — | 101 | #296 |
| 1898 | 140 | — | 140 | #252 |
| 1897 | 101 | 5 | 106 | #282 |
| 1896 | 120 | — | 120 | #262 |
| 1895 | 133 | — | 133 | #240 |
| 1894 | 78 | — | 78 | #316 |
| 1893 | 96 | — | 96 | #274 |
| 1892 | 98 | — | 98 | #268 |
| 1891 | 64 | — | 64 | #316 |
| 1890 | 79 | — | 79 | #283 |
| 1889 | 74 | — | 74 | #279 |
| 1888 | 69 | — | 69 | #283 |
| 1887 | 67 | — | 67 | #258 |
| 1886 | 63 | — | 63 | #264 |
| 1885 | 38 | — | 38 | #334 |
| 1884 | 45 | — | 45 | #288 |
| 1883 | 32 | 5 | 37 | #317 |
| 1882 | 25 | — | 25 | #356 |
| 1881 | 18 | — | 18 | #397 |
| 1880 | 18 | — | 18 | #396 |