first name
LESLIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 290,492 people named Leslie, 65.6% reported their origin as White, 21.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% as Black. 81.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leslie peaked in 1957, when 8,199 babies got the name.
At least 383,418 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Leslie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #113. The largest share of babies named Leslie, 30.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Leslie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leslie has been most common in Montana (1.5×), Hawaii (1.5×), and District of Columbia (1.4×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.67×).
370,875 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 Leslie
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leslie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Leslie ranks #1,446 of 156,621, with 24,015 people. See Leslie as a last name
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