NameTides

Leslie

Leslie was the #712 girls' name in the US in 2025 (393 babies), and #1,218 in Canada.

Leslie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leslie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Leslie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#712 (393)———#1,218 (21)
2024#605 (496)———#970 (28)
2023#670 (440)———#868 (31)
2022#651 (453)———#1,482 (15)
2021#623 (477)———#898 (31)
2020#595 (488)———#851 (32)
2019#536 (572)———#826 (34)
2018#521 (601)———#889 (31)
2017#449 (704)———#881 (31)
2016#413 (807)———#831 (33)
2015#371 (880)———#789 (35)
2014#338 (1,000)———#825 (33)
2013#287 (1,111)———#758 (37)
2012#266 (1,226)———#1,142 (22)
2011#246 (1,286)———#850 (31)

Leslie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Leslie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Leslie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#3,513 (32)#3,684 (5)————
2024#3,001 (41)#2,264 (10)——#1,654 (12)—
2023#3,055 (40)———#2,921 (5)—
2022#3,464 (33)———#2,229 (7)—
2021#3,427 (33)#3,990 (4)——#2,061 (8)—
2020#3,918 (26)#4,608 (3)——#1,520 (12)—
2019#2,582 (50)———#2,756 (5)—
2018#3,055 (38)#3,011 (6)————
2017#2,715 (45)#2,734 (7)——#2,198 (7)—
2016#2,689 (45)#4,023 (4)——#2,182 (7)—
2015#2,328 (56)#2,707 (7)——#1,681 (10)—
2014#2,205 (61)#3,362 (5)——#2,371 (6)—
2013#3,060 (36)#2,055 (10)——#2,086 (7)—
2012#2,488 (50)#3,039 (6)——#2,158 (7)—
2011#2,346 (54)#2,039 (10)——#1,399 (13)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1969 at #64.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Leslie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 53,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Leslie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leslie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #947NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #527CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #634NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #471TXFlorida: #634FL
Leslie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#38513

Leslie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeslieCanadaGirls#1,21821
LeslieCanadaBoys—too few
LeslieEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LeslieEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
LeslieIrelandGirls—too few
LeslieIrelandBoys—too few
LeslieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeslieNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LeslieNSWBoys—too few
LeslieScotlandGirls—too few
LeslieScotlandBoys—too few
LeslieUSGirls#712393
LeslieUSBoys#3,51332