first name
LESLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 34,454 people named Lesley, 66.9% reported their origin as White, 19.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.6% as Black. 92.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lesley peaked in 1980, when 981 babies got the name.
At least 39,098 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lesley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #549. The largest share of babies named Lesley, 34.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lesley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lesley has been most common in California (1.6×), Texas (1.5×), and Kentucky (1.2×), and least common in Maine (0.34×).
31,435 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lesley
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lesley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lesley ranks #11,085 of 156,621, with 2,733 people. See Lesley as a last name
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