Lesli Girl
How popular is Lesli?
#7,883 girl name in 2025
13 baby girls were named Lesli in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
Lesli popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,883 for girls (▼ 2271 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 13 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,286 in 2015, #6,625 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (166 girls) |
| Highest rank | #833 in 1967 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lesli counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leslie family of names ranked #488 for girls in 2025 (#395 the year before), with 585 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lesli is most popular
Babies named Lesli per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Lesli by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 50 | #2,409 |
| 1950s | 480 | #1,119 |
| 1960s | 1,190 | #833 |
| 1970s | 997 | #1,021 |
| 1980s | 623 | #1,399 |
| 1990s | 640 | #1,490 |
| 2000s | 1,420 | #1,217 |
| 2010s | 305 | #2,451 |
| 2020s | 94 | #5,612 |
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Questions
- Is Lesli a boy or girl name?
- Lesli is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lesli were girls.
- How popular is the name Lesli?
- 13 baby girls were named Lesli in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
- When was Lesli most popular?
- Lesli peaked in 2001, when 166 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #833 in 1967.
- How many people are named Lesli?
- 5,799 babies have been named Lesli in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,485 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 43.
- Where is Lesli most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lesli was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.