Leslie Girl
How popular is Leslie?
#712 girl name in 2025
393 baby girls were named Leslie in the US in 2025, making it the 712th most popular girl name. Another 32 boys got the name (#3,512 for boys).
Leslie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #712 for girls (▼ 107 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 393 girls, 32 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #371 in 2015, #595 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (6,103 girls) |
| Highest rank | #56 in 1981 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 7% boys, 93% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leslie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leslie family of names ranked #488 for girls in 2025 (#395 the year before), with 585 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Leslie is most popular
Babies named Leslie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.5 per 1,000 (453 girls)
- Texas: 0.5 per 1,000 (377 girls)
- Illinois: 0.5 per 1,000 (107 girls)
- Nevada: 0.4 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.4 per 1,000 (87 girls)
Leslie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 126 | #503 |
| 1890s | 257 | #463 |
| 1900s | 324 | #528 |
| 1910s | 785 | #570 |
| 1920s | 1,241 | #587 |
| 1930s | 1,447 | #480 |
| 1940s | 14,856 | #130 |
| 1950s | 43,049 | #77 |
| 1960s | 54,453 | #64 |
| 1970s | 44,839 | #63 |
| 1980s | 38,729 | #56 |
| 1990s | 26,769 | #100 |
| 2000s | 31,055 | #84 |
| 2010s | 9,752 | #199 |
| 2020s | 2,747 | #595 |
Girl names about as popular as Leslie
Questions
- Is Leslie a boy or girl name?
- Leslie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Leslie were girls.
- How popular is the name Leslie?
- 393 baby girls were named Leslie in the US in 2025, making it the 712th most popular girl name. Another 32 boys got the name (#3,512 for boys).
- When was Leslie most popular?
- Leslie peaked in 1957, when 6,103 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #56 in 1981.
- How many people are named Leslie?
- 383,418 babies have been named Leslie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 294,927 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 54.
- Where is Leslie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leslie was most common in California, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.