How rare is the name Lesli?

5,613 people in the United States have the first name Lesli, about 1 in 53,809. It ranks #3,638 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LESLI

#3,638

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,613
About
1 in 53,809
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,613 people named Lesli, 53.2% reported their origin as White, 40.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% as Black. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lesli peaked in 2001, when 166 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
166
In 2025*
13 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,799 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.

Lesli by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,642. The largest share of babies named Lesli, 31.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#6,92350
1950s#2,454480
1960s#1,6421,190
1970s#1,965997
1980s#2,947623
1990s#3,620640
2000s#2,6041,420
2010s#7,902305
2020s#12,13894
Baby boom 1946–6418.2%
Generation X 1965–8030.2%
Millennials 1981–9616.1%
Generation Z 1997–1231.8%
2013 and later3.8%

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 Lesli is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lesli has been most common in Texas (3.7×), California (3×), and Oklahoma (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.36×).

2,927 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 Lesli

#3,636 Aryana · 5,617#3,637 Pranav · 5,614#3,639 Annelise · 5,609#3,640 Salem · 5,605

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lesli, most common first.

#179 Leslie · 290,492#1,871 Lesly · 15,372#21,583 Lesle · 469#24,456 Lezli · 394#45,015 Leslia · 152#46,679 Leslei · 142

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