Lesley Name Popularity

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How popular is Lesley?

Ranking 2,781st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lesley is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Lesley has seen higher popularity rankings.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #268 was reached in 1979.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1980 with 928 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Lesley in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1912.

Lesley, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1932-1937, 1938-1947, 1948-1951, and 1993-1996, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 2004-2017.

Sometimes the name Lesley has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Lesley's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Lesley be?

For a number of years, the name Lesley has been spiralling downward in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Lesley has dropped.

The name Lesley is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Lesley has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Lesley (Girl)		Lesley (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		61	2,781	< 5	--
2017		52	3,106	< 5	--
2016		76	2,435	8	9,342
2015		96	2,046	6	11,532
2014		113	1,813	< 5	--
2013		120	1,733	< 5	--
2012		131	1,641	< 5	--
2011		175	1,330	7	10,309
2010		219	1,123	7	10,321
2009		223	1,134	10	8,055
2008		254	1,032	5	13,767
2007		352	817	7	10,442
2006		371	743	12	6,731
2005		382	716	8	8,780
2004		451	610	9	7,925
2003		451	603	12	6,103
2002		471	564	11	6,349
2001		509	524	9	7,265
2000		658	430	17	4,493
1999		682	408	21	3,654
1998		695	394	15	4,545
1997		626	416	15	4,377
1996		591	431	15	4,306
1995		276	741	10	5,749
1994		288	723	20	3,412
1993		314	689	22	3,102
1992		354	637	19	3,411
1991		371	609	30	2,374
1990		440	541	26	2,591
1989		393	566	27	2,445
1988		479	476	23	2,564
1987		472	463	24	2,371
1986		520	421	40	1,631
1985		565	400	26	2,155
1984		606	377	41	1,516
1983		734	318	42	1,482
1982		833	297	40	1,553
1981		869	282	60	1,193
1980		928	269	53	1,282
1979		913	268	41	1,477
1978		842	275	46	1,364
1977		849	281	82	948
1976		752	305	57	1,136
1975		714	321	56	1,132
1974		783	302	59	1,077
1973		611	348	75	934
1972		641	345	65	1,003
1971		848	313	71	972
1970		767	341	75	925
1969		714	334	66	946
1968		662	342	86	802
1967		688	335	99	740
1966		752	324	100	738
1965		744	330	95	760
1964		403	483	78	866
1963		351	519	88	809
1962		304	564	84	831
1961		277	607	76	879
1960		244	646	76	871
1959		305	558	101	760
1958		286	588	101	736
1957		397	474	83	833
1956		296	544	81	834
1955		332	507	69	897
1954		353	474	75	841
1953		297	505	70	861
1952		307	481	79	793
1951		297	478	86	758
1950		254	510	64	860
1949		249	521	81	767
1948		211	577	71	808
1947		215	582	71	825
1946		204	553	57	875
1945		129	644	48	933
1944		129	654	70	743
1943		95	797	68	800
1942		102	749	60	844
1941		56	980	47	934
1940		32	1,332	57	833
1939		36	1,233	43	965
1938		39	1,172	40	1,021
1937		36	1,214	39	1,027
1936		18	1,836	31	1,198
1935		28	1,404	37	1,071
1934		23	1,580	42	1,001
1933		17	1,939	35	1,115
1932		5	4,779	31	1,225
1931		9	3,113	25	1,413
1930		8	3,515	40	1,101
1929		13	2,510	41	1,083
1928		5	5,100	46	1,026
1927		14	2,491	51	987
1926		15	2,418	36	1,207
1925		14	2,556	53	927
1924		7	4,246	40	1,148
1923		9	3,518	45	1,070
1922		6	4,751	58	920
1921		14	2,570	39	1,151
1920		15	2,416	50	980
1919		7	4,065	41	1,072
1918		11	2,923	41	1,071
1917		5	4,973	36	1,126
1916		12	2,581	29	1,254
1915		10	2,812	27	1,290
1914		5	3,935	22	1,291
1913		10	2,101	22	1,097
1912		< 5	--	19	1,078
1911		< 5	--	11	1,089
1910		5	2,610	12	966
1909		< 5	--	6	1,383
1908		< 5	--	11	859
1907		< 5	--	< 5	--
1906		< 5	--	7	1,069
1905		< 5	--	10	821
1904		< 5	--	7	1,027
1903		< 5	--	17	541
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		< 5	--	6	1,008
1900		< 5	--	10	879
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	8	851
1897		< 5	--	5	1,158
1896		< 5	--	5	1,193
1895		< 5	--	< 5	--
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		5	1,546	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	5	978
1882		< 5	--	6	903
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.