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Lesley
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1958 · #733
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:36 in 2024 (#4,058)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Lesley in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1958 with 102 babies, ranked #733.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 4,798 boys have been named Lesley since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lesley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 696 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 800 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,491 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,128 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 465 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 165 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 14 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).
- A female given name transferred from the surname, used since the 18th century. Popular in the U.K. in the mid-20th century.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lesley, CC BY-SA 4.0.