Feminine dossier · first seen 1946

Lesli

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2001

Peak rank proxy

166

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1946Peak 20012024

Peak year

2001

Decline from peak

86.7%

2024

All-time

5,786

Lesli has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2001, when 166 girls were named Lesli.

In 2024, only 22 girls were given the name.

Down 86.7% from its peak.

All told, about 5,786 Americans have been named Lesli and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1946.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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