Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Leslie

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

Endangered Down 91.9% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

6,103

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

91.9%

2024

495

All-time

270,029

Leslie 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 1957, when 6,103 girls were named Leslie.

In 2024, only 495 girls were given the name.

Down 91.9% from its peak.

All told, about 270,029 Americans have been named Leslie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.9% from peak

19576,103 girls named Leslie

2024495 girls named Leslie

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