Meaning not yet researched.
Leslie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 393 in 2025. Its best rank was #56 in 1981.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #56 in 1981; #712 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Leslie in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#712 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1981, at #56.
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Leslie: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 393 girls in 2025. Peak: #56 in 1981 · most girls in one year: 6,103 (1957).
In 2025, 393 US girls were named Leslie, making it the 712th most common girls’ name of the year, down 106 places from #606 in 2024. That is 103 fewer than the 496 girls named Leslie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #56, reached in 1981. The most girls given the name in a single year was 6,103, in 1957. For comparison, it was #371 in 2015 and #134 in 1950.
In 2025, 32 US boys were named Leslie, making it the 3,563rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 539 places from #3,024 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 41 boys named Leslie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #81, reached in 1895. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,358, in 1952. For comparison, it was #2,338 in 2015 and #126 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Leslie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 87 babies with the name. In all, 383,418 US babies have been given the name, 71% of them girls and 29% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 68,177 babies named Leslie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,431 US girls were named Leslie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 807. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,090 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Leslie ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #409 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lesley (39,098 babies since 1880), Lesly (15,785 babies since 1880), Lesli (5,799 babies since 1880) and Leslee (5,001 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lesslie, Lezlee and Leslea are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Les.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and Scottish Gaelic. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lesslie (641), Lezlee (483), Leslea (349), Lezli (348), Leslei (52), Lislie (27), Lessli (24), Lesliee (8), Leslly (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 33 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 13 | #409 | #329 |
| Illinois | 25 | #427 | #307 |
| Texas | 69 | #473 | #211 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #476 | — |
| California | 63 | #527 | #204 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #587 | #312 |
| Florida | 27 | #641 | #435 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #650 | #301 |
| Arizona | 10 | #659 | #452 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #749 | #334 |
| Ohio | 12 | #773 | #770 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #792 | #807 |
| Georgia | 12 | #832 | #543 |
| Missouri | 6 | #874 | #591 |
| New York | 16 | #963 | #328 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,124 | #348 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,131 | #603 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,152 | #1,075 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 393 | #712 | 32 | #3,563 |
| 2024 | 496 | #606 | 41 | #3,024 |
| 2023 | 440 | #670 | 40 | #3,094 |
| 2022 | 453 | #653 | 33 | #3,505 |
| 2021 | 477 | #625 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2020 | 488 | #596 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 2019 | 572 | #536 | 50 | #2,610 |
| 2018 | 601 | #521 | 38 | #3,081 |
| 2017 | 704 | #449 | 45 | #2,742 |
| 2016 | 807 | #414 | 45 | #2,708 |
| 2015 | 880 | #371 | 56 | #2,338 |
| 2014 | 1,000 | #338 | 61 | #2,222 |
| 2013 | 1,111 | #288 | 36 | #3,100 |
| 2012 | 1,226 | #266 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 2011 | 1,286 | #247 | 54 | #2,364 |
| 2010 | 1,565 | #199 | 47 | #2,613 |
| 2009 | 1,983 | #160 | 76 | #1,906 |
| 2008 | 2,326 | #147 | 76 | #1,912 |
| 2007 | 2,690 | #127 | 82 | #1,790 |
| 2006 | 3,036 | #108 | 82 | #1,720 |
| 2005 | 3,123 | #103 | 102 | #1,448 |
| 2004 | 3,501 | #93 | 90 | #1,498 |
| 2003 | 3,639 | #91 | 101 | #1,353 |
| 2002 | 3,522 | #91 | 96 | #1,377 |
| 2001 | 3,612 | #84 | 125 | #1,126 |
| 2000 | 3,623 | #90 | 137 | #1,050 |
| 1999 | 3,341 | #100 | 120 | #1,110 |
| 1998 | 3,079 | #111 | 123 | #1,070 |
| 1997 | 2,821 | #115 | 158 | #881 |
| 1996 | 2,664 | #118 | 175 | #824 |
| 1995 | 2,313 | #137 | 186 | #787 |
| 1994 | 2,398 | #131 | 208 | #727 |
| 1993 | 2,294 | #138 | 200 | #737 |
| 1992 | 2,482 | #133 | 216 | #699 |
| 1991 | 2,550 | #124 | 279 | #611 |
| 1990 | 2,827 | #115 | 295 | #584 |
| 1989 | 2,865 | #108 | 327 | #531 |
| 1988 | 3,079 | #94 | 318 | #516 |
| 1987 | 3,194 | #89 | 290 | #530 |
| 1986 | 3,224 | #86 | 380 | #443 |
| 1985 | 3,607 | #76 | 331 | #476 |
| 1984 | 3,817 | #75 | 367 | #439 |
| 1983 | 4,248 | #67 | 414 | #401 |
| 1982 | 4,985 | #60 | 431 | #391 |
| 1981 | 4,934 | #56 | 499 | #352 |
| 1980 | 4,776 | #61 | 507 | #354 |
| 1979 | 4,497 | #65 | 529 | #341 |
| 1978 | 4,342 | #63 | 524 | #336 |
| 1977 | 4,250 | #65 | 608 | #311 |
| 1976 | 4,311 | #65 | 534 | #327 |
| 1975 | 4,105 | #71 | 680 | #281 |
| 1974 | 4,463 | #65 | 691 | #273 |
| 1973 | 3,954 | #75 | 790 | #247 |
| 1972 | 4,184 | #75 | 840 | #249 |
| 1971 | 5,111 | #68 | 985 | #238 |
| 1970 | 5,622 | #64 | 1,013 | #234 |
| 1969 | 5,836 | #64 | 1,043 | #224 |
| 1968 | 5,282 | #66 | 1,012 | #223 |
| 1967 | 5,318 | #66 | 1,062 | #212 |
| 1966 | 4,999 | #71 | 1,239 | #197 |
| 1965 | 4,875 | #75 | 1,419 | #180 |
| 1964 | 5,598 | #73 | 1,445 | #197 |
| 1963 | 5,857 | #72 | 1,557 | #192 |
| 1962 | 5,778 | #80 | 1,652 | #183 |
| 1961 | 5,668 | #84 | 1,623 | #190 |
| 1960 | 5,242 | #92 | 1,672 | #185 |
| 1959 | 5,652 | #84 | 1,757 | #175 |
| 1958 | 6,014 | #79 | 1,943 | #161 |
| 1957 | 6,103 | #77 | 2,096 | #156 |
| 1956 | 4,382 | #104 | 2,050 | #152 |
| 1955 | 4,405 | #99 | 2,232 | #138 |
| 1954 | 4,147 | #99 | 2,231 | #137 |
| 1953 | 3,904 | #96 | 2,284 | #135 |
| 1952 | 3,573 | #104 | 2,358 | #125 |
| 1951 | 2,540 | #133 | 2,298 | #124 |
| 1950 | 2,329 | #134 | 2,132 | #126 |
| 1949 | 2,418 | #132 | 2,208 | #126 |
| 1948 | 2,305 | #131 | 2,214 | #129 |
| 1947 | 2,358 | #132 | 2,305 | #124 |
| 1946 | 2,139 | #130 | 2,138 | #119 |
| 1945 | 1,704 | #142 | 1,975 | #115 |
| 1944 | 1,202 | #182 | 1,971 | #114 |
| 1943 | 1,137 | #191 | 1,918 | #121 |
| 1942 | 834 | #231 | 1,733 | #127 |
| 1941 | 505 | #288 | 1,557 | #126 |
| 1940 | 254 | #427 | 1,370 | #136 |
| 1939 | 179 | #499 | 1,294 | #136 |
| 1938 | 176 | #504 | 1,248 | #135 |
| 1937 | 177 | #494 | 1,237 | #131 |
| 1936 | 179 | #480 | 1,252 | #128 |
| 1935 | 161 | #502 | 1,222 | #131 |
| 1934 | 125 | #581 | 1,215 | #134 |
| 1933 | 123 | #581 | 1,168 | #137 |
| 1932 | 94 | #701 | 1,177 | #142 |
| 1931 | 101 | #663 | 1,192 | #139 |
| 1930 | 132 | #604 | 1,237 | #139 |
| 1929 | 102 | #694 | 1,259 | #136 |
| 1928 | 102 | #693 | 1,380 | #128 |
| 1927 | 126 | #639 | 1,441 | #126 |
| 1926 | 140 | #600 | 1,467 | #126 |
| 1925 | 139 | #624 | 1,518 | #119 |
| 1924 | 142 | #632 | 1,664 | #107 |
| 1923 | 151 | #588 | 1,553 | #112 |
| 1922 | 121 | #659 | 1,544 | #114 |
| 1921 | 126 | #655 | 1,647 | #106 |
| 1920 | 92 | #759 | 1,592 | #110 |
| 1919 | 114 | #652 | 1,539 | #105 |
| 1918 | 127 | #628 | 1,644 | #102 |
| 1917 | 99 | #693 | 1,440 | #107 |
| 1916 | 101 | #680 | 1,355 | #112 |
| 1915 | 88 | #715 | 1,409 | #106 |
| 1914 | 68 | #704 | 1,076 | #103 |
| 1913 | 52 | #732 | 838 | #105 |
| 1912 | 49 | #720 | 693 | #108 |
| 1911 | 35 | #737 | 323 | #117 |
| 1910 | 52 | #574 | 313 | #102 |
| 1909 | 35 | #678 | 292 | #96 |
| 1908 | 41 | #585 | 279 | #95 |
| 1907 | 34 | #644 | 273 | #94 |
| 1906 | 29 | #683 | 263 | #88 |
| 1905 | 35 | #591 | 237 | #94 |
| 1904 | 30 | #635 | 236 | #91 |
| 1903 | 24 | #685 | 227 | #89 |
| 1902 | 37 | #532 | 251 | #85 |
| 1901 | 29 | #585 | 198 | #89 |
| 1900 | 30 | #646 | 275 | #91 |
| 1899 | 18 | #777 | 181 | #96 |
| 1898 | 24 | #673 | 228 | #90 |
| 1897 | 34 | #502 | 222 | #83 |
| 1896 | 27 | #601 | 237 | #85 |
| 1895 | 22 | #672 | 235 | #81 |
| 1894 | 36 | #469 | 223 | #87 |
| 1893 | 26 | #558 | 185 | #95 |
| 1892 | 22 | #607 | 207 | #93 |
| 1891 | 28 | #491 | 164 | #98 |
| 1890 | 20 | #590 | 181 | #96 |
| 1889 | 23 | #538 | 155 | #106 |
| 1888 | 23 | #529 | 175 | #99 |
| 1887 | 12 | #678 | 166 | #90 |
| 1886 | 8 | #865 | 136 | #114 |
| 1885 | 10 | #719 | 122 | #112 |
| 1884 | 15 | #552 | 125 | #115 |
| 1883 | 7 | #789 | 120 | #110 |
| 1882 | 9 | #659 | 122 | #119 |
| 1881 | 11 | #523 | 92 | #135 |
| 1880 | 8 | #655 | 79 | #167 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).