Leslie Girl Name
Baby Girl Names > Starting With L > Leslie
The name Leslie is of Scottish origin, and means low meadow.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Leslie has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
| Use of the Name Leslie for Girls During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 244,539 | 209,024 | 83,240 | 32,021 | 17,820 | 7,087 | 3,461 |
| Used as a Girl Name | Used as a Boy Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1880 | 655 | 8 | 167 | 79 |
| 1881 | 524 | 11 | 135 | 92 |
| 1882 | 659 | 9 | 119 | 122 |
| 1883 | 789 | 7 | 110 | 120 |
| 1884 | 532 | 16 | 115 | 125 |
| 1885 | 719 | 10 | 112 | 122 |
| 1886 | 865 | 8 | 114 | 136 |
| 1887 | 678 | 12 | 90 | 166 |
| 1888 | 529 | 23 | 99 | 175 |
| 1889 | 538 | 23 | 106 | 155 |
| 1890 | 590 | 20 | 96 | 181 |
| 1891 | 491 | 28 | 98 | 164 |
| 1892 | 607 | 22 | 93 | 208 |
| 1893 | 558 | 26 | 95 | 185 |
| 1894 | 470 | 36 | 87 | 223 |
| 1895 | 672 | 22 | 81 | 235 |
| 1896 | 601 | 27 | 85 | 237 |
| 1897 | 502 | 34 | 83 | 222 |
| 1898 | 673 | 24 | 90 | 228 |
| 1899 | 777 | 18 | 96 | 181 |
| 1900 | 648 | 30 | 91 | 275 |
| 1901 | 585 | 29 | 89 | 198 |
| 1902 | 532 | 37 | 85 | 251 |
| 1903 | 685 | 24 | 89 | 227 |
| 1904 | 635 | 30 | 91 | 236 |
| 1905 | 591 | 35 | 94 | 237 |
| 1906 | 684 | 29 | 88 | 263 |
| 1907 | 645 | 34 | 94 | 273 |
| 1908 | 585 | 41 | 94 | 279 |
| 1909 | 677 | 35 | 96 | 292 |
| 1910 | 571 | 52 | 102 | 312 |
| 1911 | 735 | 35 | 117 | 322 |
| 1912 | 719 | 49 | 108 | 693 |
| 1913 | 733 | 52 | 105 | 836 |
| 1914 | 701 | 68 | 103 | 1,075 |
| 1915 | 713 | 88 | 106 | 1,410 |
| 1916 | 680 | 101 | 111 | 1,354 |
| 1917 | 690 | 99 | 107 | 1,441 |
| 1918 | 627 | 127 | 102 | 1,650 |
| 1919 | 647 | 115 | 105 | 1,536 |
| 1920 | 759 | 92 | 111 | 1,587 |
| 1921 | 660 | 125 | 106 | 1,645 |
| 1922 | 660 | 121 | 113 | 1,552 |
| 1923 | 586 | 151 | 111 | 1,560 |
| 1924 | 628 | 143 | 108 | 1,655 |
| 1925 | 625 | 138 | 118 | 1,518 |
| 1926 | 602 | 139 | 126 | 1,464 |
| 1927 | 635 | 127 | 126 | 1,440 |
| 1928 | 694 | 102 | 128 | 1,373 |
| 1929 | 695 | 102 | 136 | 1,254 |
| 1930 | 596 | 133 | 139 | 1,240 |
| 1931 | 661 | 101 | 139 | 1,189 |
| 1932 | 704 | 93 | 142 | 1,178 |
| 1933 | 581 | 123 | 137 | 1,167 |
| 1934 | 582 | 125 | 134 | 1,212 |
| 1935 | 500 | 162 | 131 | 1,221 |
| 1936 | 481 | 179 | 130 | 1,247 |
| 1937 | 493 | 178 | 131 | 1,241 |
| 1938 | 504 | 176 | 135 | 1,246 |
| 1939 | 498 | 179 | 133 | 1,296 |
| 1940 | 427 | 256 | 136 | 1,362 |
| 1941 | 285 | 507 | 125 | 1,563 |
| 1942 | 233 | 833 | 127 | 1,732 |
| 1943 | 191 | 1,137 | 121 | 1,912 |
| 1944 | 180 | 1,204 | 114 | 1,957 |
| 1945 | 142 | 1,701 | 114 | 1,975 |
| 1946 | 130 | 2,134 | 120 | 2,127 |
| 1947 | 132 | 2,351 | 124 | 2,299 |
| 1948 | 131 | 2,302 | 128 | 2,207 |
| 1949 | 132 | 2,421 | 126 | 2,195 |
| 1950 | 134 | 2,330 | 126 | 2,129 |
| 1951 | 133 | 2,536 | 124 | 2,289 |
| 1952 | 104 | 3,576 | 125 | 2,353 |
| 1953 | 96 | 3,900 | 135 | 2,276 |
| 1954 | 99 | 4,144 | 137 | 2,232 |
| 1955 | 99 | 4,399 | 138 | 2,224 |
| 1956 | 103 | 4,382 | 151 | 2,051 |
| 1957 | 77 | 6,101 | 156 | 2,092 |
| 1958 | 79 | 6,003 | 161 | 1,936 |
| 1959 | 84 | 5,654 | 174 | 1,754 |
| 1960 | 92 | 5,243 | 185 | 1,678 |
| 1961 | 84 | 5,665 | 190 | 1,616 |
| 1962 | 80 | 5,780 | 183 | 1,645 |
| 1963 | 72 | 5,862 | 192 | 1,554 |
| 1964 | 73 | 5,596 | 196 | 1,448 |
| 1965 | 75 | 4,872 | 182 | 1,414 |
| 1966 | 71 | 4,995 | 195 | 1,242 |
| 1967 | 66 | 5,316 | 210 | 1,067 |
| 1968 | 66 | 5,277 | 223 | 1,011 |
| 1969 | 64 | 5,833 | 223 | 1,045 |
| 1970 | 64 | 5,615 | 234 | 1,011 |
| 1971 | 68 | 5,112 | 238 | 985 |
| 1972 | 75 | 4,180 | 249 | 837 |
| 1973 | 75 | 3,953 | 248 | 790 |
| 1974 | 65 | 4,454 | 273 | 692 |
| 1975 | 71 | 4,109 | 280 | 682 |
| 1976 | 65 | 4,302 | 327 | 534 |
| 1977 | 65 | 4,246 | 310 | 606 |
| 1978 | 63 | 4,342 | 336 | 524 |
| 1979 | 65 | 4,493 | 341 | 529 |
| 1980 | 61 | 4,767 | 354 | 506 |
| 1981 | 56 | 4,925 | 353 | 499 |
| 1982 | 60 | 4,976 | 389 | 431 |
| 1983 | 67 | 4,245 | 399 | 414 |
| 1984 | 75 | 3,810 | 438 | 367 |
| 1985 | 76 | 3,604 | 473 | 332 |
| 1986 | 85 | 3,223 | 445 | 378 |
| 1987 | 89 | 3,190 | 529 | 290 |
| 1988 | 94 | 3,070 | 516 | 318 |
| 1989 | 108 | 2,864 | 530 | 328 |
| 1990 | 115 | 2,826 | 586 | 292 |
| 1991 | 124 | 2,550 | 611 | 278 |
| 1992 | 133 | 2,478 | 702 | 215 |
| 1993 | 138 | 2,293 | 734 | 201 |
| 1994 | 131 | 2,398 | 727 | 208 |
| 1995 | 137 | 2,312 | 783 | 187 |
| 1996 | 118 | 2,662 | 819 | 176 |
| 1997 | 115 | 2,818 | 873 | 159 |
| 1998 | 111 | 3,074 | ||
| 1999 | 100 | 3,335 | ||
| 2000 | 90 | 3,613 | ||
| 2001 | 83 | 3,606 | ||
| 2002 | 91 | 3,514 | ||
| 2003 | 91 | 3,626 | ||
| 2004 | 93 | 3,461 | ||
| Totals: | 244,539 | 110,955 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Leslie as a girl's name about 68% of the time and less frequently (about 31% of the time) as a boy's name.
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