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Leslie Hard Working • Persistent • Daring
Leslie Hard Working • Persistent • Daring
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Leslie Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
29.55%
Male
70.45%
Female
Leslie is predominantly a girls name, with 70.45% of Leslies being girls, and 29.55% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 112823 males named Leslie, and 268975 females given the name
Popularity of Leslie by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Leslie in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Leslie: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Leslie' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Leslie in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Leslie's average ranking is 865.58, with it's highest ever rank being #. Leslie has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 42 times.
Leslie has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 381798 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Leslie gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1957, when it's usage went up by 136.4%. During this year, 6100 babies were named Leslie, which was 0.1474% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.17%, in this year alone more than 6000 girls were named Leslie.
Popular 'L' Names - Girls
| Name | 'L-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lily | 1. | 80. | 6558 | 0.181% |
| Lillian | 2. | 86. | 6333 | 0.175% |
| Layla | 3. | 89. | 6234 | 0.172% |
| Leah | 4. | 108. | 5380 | 0.149% |
| Lucy | 5. | 141. | 4568 | 0.126% |
| Luna | 6. | 183. | 3645 | 0.101% |
| Lydia | 7. | 188. | 3590 | 0.099% |
| Liliana | 8. | 276. | 2624 | 0.073% |
| London | 9. | 301. | 2339 | 0.065% |
| Lauren | 10. | 304. | 2311 | 0.064% |
| Lyla | 11. | 317. | 2209 | 0.061% |
| Lilly | 12. | 325. | 2132 | 0.059% |
| Leilani | 13. | 362. | 1959 | 0.054% |
| Laila | 14. | 368. | 1937 | 0.054% |
| Londyn | 15. | 393. | 1811 | 0.05% |
| Lila | 16. | 451. | 1549 | 0.043% |
| Lucia | 17. | 457. | 1511 | 0.042% |
| Leila | 18. | 488. | 1383 | 0.038% |
| Lola | 19. | 497. | 1372 | 0.038% |
| Lena | 20. | 585. | 1134 | 0.031% |