Leslie Name Popularity

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How popular is Leslie?

Ranking 520th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Leslie is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #56 was reached in 1981.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1957 with 6,101 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Leslie in any given year was 7 in 1883.

Leslie, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1890-1894, 1906-1910, 1911-1918, 1932-1936, 1937-1947, 1949-1957, 1977-1980, and 1995-2000, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1969-1972, 1982-1986, 1988-1991, and 2007-2017.

Leslie became more popular as a girls name in 1946.

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

How popular will Leslie be?

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

The name Leslie still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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

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		Leslie (Girl)		Leslie (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		597	520	37	3,124
2017		702	449	45	2,737
2016		803	414	45	2,704
2015		878	371	54	2,399
2014		1,000	337	61	2,220
2013		1,111	286	36	3,099
2012		1,224	266	50	2,506
2011		1,285	246	54	2,360
2010		1,565	199	47	2,612
2009		1,981	160	76	1,903
2008		2,325	147	76	1,911
2007		2,690	127	82	1,790
2006		3,036	108	82	1,719
2005		3,122	103	102	1,448
2004		3,499	93	90	1,497
2003		3,639	91	101	1,353
2002		3,522	91	96	1,376
2001		3,613	84	125	1,126
2000		3,623	90	137	1,050
1999		3,341	100	120	1,109
1998		3,079	111	123	1,070
1997		2,821	115	158	881
1996		2,664	118	175	824
1995		2,312	137	186	787
1994		2,396	131	207	730
1993		2,294	138	200	737
1992		2,482	133	216	699
1991		2,551	124	279	610
1990		2,828	115	295	584
1989		2,864	108	327	532
1988		3,080	94	318	516
1987		3,195	89	290	529
1986		3,221	86	380	442
1985		3,606	77	331	476
1984		3,815	75	367	439
1983		4,250	66	414	400
1982		4,984	60	431	391
1981		4,934	56	500	352
1980		4,778	61	507	354
1979		4,497	65	530	341
1978		4,342	63	524	336
1977		4,250	65	607	311
1976		4,310	65	534	327
1975		4,105	71	680	281
1974		4,463	65	691	273
1973		3,954	75	791	247
1972		4,181	76	839	249
1971		5,110	68	986	238
1970		5,622	64	1,013	234
1969		5,835	64	1,043	224
1968		5,283	66	1,011	223
1967		5,318	66	1,063	212
1966		4,997	71	1,239	197
1965		4,874	75	1,418	181
1964		5,600	73	1,446	196
1963		5,859	72	1,556	192
1962		5,785	80	1,651	183
1961		5,668	84	1,618	190
1960		5,239	92	1,676	185
1959		5,650	84	1,755	175
1958		6,009	79	1,938	163
1957		6,101	77	2,100	156
1956		4,385	104	2,051	152
1955		4,402	99	2,229	138
1954		4,146	99	2,234	137
1953		3,905	96	2,283	135
1952		3,574	104	2,358	125
1951		2,542	133	2,299	125
1950		2,328	134	2,133	126
1949		2,417	132	2,205	126
1948		2,306	131	2,214	128
1947		2,358	132	2,305	124
1946		2,139	130	2,138	119
1945		1,704	142	1,976	115
1944		1,202	182	1,971	114
1943		1,137	191	1,917	121
1942		834	232	1,734	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	1,238	131
1936		179	480	1,250	128
1935		162	500	1,222	131
1934		125	581	1,215	134
1933		123	581	1,168	137
1932		94	701	1,178	142
1931		101	663	1,190	139
1930		132	604	1,239	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	631	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

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.