Feminine dossier · first seen 1893

Lesley

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lesley
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.1% from peak

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

928

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1893Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

96.1%

2024

All-time

34,272

Lesley once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 928 girls were named Lesley.

In 2024, only 36 girls were given the name.

Down 96.1% from its peak.

All told, about 34,272 Americans have been named Lesley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1893.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.1% from peak

1980928 girls named Lesley

202436 girls named Lesley

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