Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lessie

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1916

Peak era

1916

Peak rank proxy

382

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19162024

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

14,072

Lessie is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1916, when 382 girls were named Lessie.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 14,072 Americans have been named Lessie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1916

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