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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 NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. 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.