NameTides

Lesly

Lesly was the #1,443 girls' name in the US in 2025 (149 babies).

Lesly as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Lesly as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Lesly as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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
YearUSCanada
2025#1,443 (149)—
2024#1,099 (223)#3,383 (5)
2023#1,455 (153)#2,604 (7)
2022#1,304 (181)—
2021#1,460 (147)#3,280 (5)
2020#1,334 (165)#2,007 (10)
2019#1,319 (173)#2,872 (6)
2018#1,229 (190)#2,151 (9)
2017#1,217 (197)#2,374 (8)
2016#1,257 (194)#1,690 (13)
2015#1,115 (230)#2,011 (10)
2014#966 (276)#2,374 (8)
2013#838 (314)#1,792 (12)
2012#757 (367)—
2011#693 (404)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #364.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1936.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Lesly is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lesly 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: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,185CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,314TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Lesly (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeslyCanadaGirls—too few
LeslyUSGirls#1,443149
LeslyUSBoys—too few