# Les (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/les/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,480 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,448 / 32 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 5 | 6,216 |
| 1955 | 5 | 6,323 |
| 1958 | 11 | 3,838 |
| 1959 | 5 | 6,791 |
| 1961 | 6 | 6,244 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 7,307 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,430 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,304 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,290 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,827 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,217 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,943 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,314 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,017 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,857 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,305 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,507 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,685 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,444 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,472 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |

## People named Les

- Les Paul, American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and inventor (1915–2009)
- Les Ferdinand, English association football player (born 1966)
- Les Aspin, American politician (1938-1995)
- Les Murray, Australian poet and critic (1938-2019)
- Les Blank, American documentary filmmaker
- Les McCann, American jazz pianist and vocalist (1935–2023)
- Les Mayfield, American film director (born 1959)
- Les Allen, English footballer and manager (born 1937)
- Les Tremayne, British actor (1913–2003)
- Leslie Christidis, Australian ornithologist
- Les Tomlinson, Australian Roman-Catholic bishop
- Les Ames, Cricket player of England. (1905-1990)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.