How Many People Are Named Lesly?
people named Lesly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,160 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,785 babies named Lesly in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
847 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of LESLIE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lesly in English. Counting Lesly and these spellings together, about 15,890 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lesly, 97.3% were girls and 2.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lesly rose from 81.3% in the 1950s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lesly alive today is about 22 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lesly first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 2003, to 847 babies. In 2025, 149 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lesly has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #364, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #1,448.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,448 |
| Best rank | #364 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #414 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lesly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lesly were born in California than in any other state: about 4,036 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lesly was given 2.2 times as often in California, 2.2 times in Nevada and 2 times in District of Columbia.
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