US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE LESLIE

Same rise and fall as Leslie, around the same years.

WHERE LESLIE IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Leslie ranked highest in California (#738) and lowest in Ohio (#2,582). 24 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Leslie name popularity

Leslie has been given to 383,418 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 1957, when 8,199 babies got the name, and its best rank was #101 in 1969.

In 2025, 425 babies were named Leslie (#1,313 in the country), 95% below the peak. That is down 55% from 2015.

About 71% of babies named Leslie were girls and 29% were boys.

An estimated 297K people named Leslie are alive in the US today, with a median age of 54.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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