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    The first name Lesli

    A girl’s name.

    2 syllables Female

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Lesli at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2025, 13 girls born in the United States were named Lesli, the 8,138th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2001, when 166 were.

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    5,799
    babies named Lesli since 1880
    #8,138
    rank in 2025
    2001
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Lesli

    2 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lesli Linka Glatter
      American film director, born 1953
    • Lesli Kay
      American actress (born 1965)

    Questions

    Is Lesli a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,799 US babies named Lesli since 1880 were girls.
    When was Lesli most popular?
    2001 in the United States, when 166 babies were named Lesli, its highest rank at 1,222nd.