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Baby Boy Names - Leslie
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The name Leslie is of Scottish origin, and means low meadow. The table below indicates the number of times the name Leslie has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
| Use of the Name Leslie for Boys During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 110,955 | 36,546 | 5,579 | 522 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The table below indicates the number of times the name Leslie has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
| Used as a Boy Name | Used as a Girl Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1880 | 167 | 79 | 655 | 8 |
| 1881 | 135 | 92 | 524 | 11 |
| 1882 | 119 | 122 | 659 | 9 |
| 1883 | 110 | 120 | 789 | 7 |
| 1884 | 115 | 125 | 532 | 16 |
| 1885 | 112 | 122 | 719 | 10 |
| 1886 | 114 | 136 | 865 | 8 |
| 1887 | 90 | 166 | 678 | 12 |
| 1888 | 99 | 175 | 529 | 23 |
| 1889 | 106 | 155 | 538 | 23 |
| 1890 | 96 | 181 | 590 | 20 |
| 1891 | 98 | 164 | 491 | 28 |
| 1892 | 93 | 208 | 607 | 22 |
| 1893 | 95 | 185 | 558 | 26 |
| 1894 | 87 | 223 | 470 | 36 |
| 1895 | 81 | 235 | 672 | 22 |
| 1896 | 85 | 237 | 601 | 27 |
| 1897 | 83 | 222 | 502 | 34 |
| 1898 | 90 | 228 | 673 | 24 |
| 1899 | 96 | 181 | 777 | 18 |
| 1900 | 91 | 275 | 648 | 30 |
| 1901 | 89 | 198 | 585 | 29 |
| 1902 | 85 | 251 | 532 | 37 |
| 1903 | 89 | 227 | 685 | 24 |
| 1904 | 91 | 236 | 635 | 30 |
| 1905 | 94 | 237 | 591 | 35 |
| 1906 | 88 | 263 | 684 | 29 |
| 1907 | 94 | 273 | 645 | 34 |
| 1908 | 94 | 279 | 585 | 41 |
| 1909 | 96 | 292 | 677 | 35 |
| 1910 | 102 | 312 | 571 | 52 |
| 1911 | 117 | 322 | 735 | 35 |
| 1912 | 108 | 693 | 719 | 49 |
| 1913 | 105 | 836 | 733 | 52 |
| 1914 | 103 | 1,075 | 701 | 68 |
| 1915 | 106 | 1,410 | 713 | 88 |
| 1916 | 111 | 1,354 | 680 | 101 |
| 1917 | 107 | 1,441 | 690 | 99 |
| 1918 | 102 | 1,650 | 627 | 127 |
| 1919 | 105 | 1,536 | 647 | 115 |
| 1920 | 111 | 1,587 | 759 | 92 |
| 1921 | 106 | 1,645 | 660 | 125 |
| 1922 | 113 | 1,552 | 660 | 121 |
| 1923 | 111 | 1,560 | 586 | 151 |
| 1924 | 108 | 1,655 | 628 | 143 |
| 1925 | 118 | 1,518 | 625 | 138 |
| 1926 | 126 | 1,464 | 602 | 139 |
| 1927 | 126 | 1,440 | 635 | 127 |
| 1928 | 128 | 1,373 | 694 | 102 |
| 1929 | 136 | 1,254 | 695 | 102 |
| 1930 | 139 | 1,240 | 596 | 133 |
| 1931 | 139 | 1,189 | 661 | 101 |
| 1932 | 142 | 1,178 | 704 | 93 |
| 1933 | 137 | 1,167 | 581 | 123 |
| 1934 | 134 | 1,212 | 582 | 125 |
| 1935 | 131 | 1,221 | 500 | 162 |
| 1936 | 130 | 1,247 | 481 | 179 |
| 1937 | 131 | 1,241 | 493 | 178 |
| 1938 | 135 | 1,246 | 504 | 176 |
| 1939 | 133 | 1,296 | 498 | 179 |
| 1940 | 136 | 1,362 | 427 | 256 |
| 1941 | 125 | 1,563 | 285 | 507 |
| 1942 | 127 | 1,732 | 233 | 833 |
| 1943 | 121 | 1,912 | 191 | 1,137 |
| 1944 | 114 | 1,957 | 180 | 1,204 |
| 1945 | 114 | 1,975 | 142 | 1,701 |
| 1946 | 120 | 2,127 | 130 | 2,134 |
| 1947 | 124 | 2,299 | 132 | 2,351 |
| 1948 | 128 | 2,207 | 131 | 2,302 |
| 1949 | 126 | 2,195 | 132 | 2,421 |
| 1950 | 126 | 2,129 | 134 | 2,330 |
| 1951 | 124 | 2,289 | 133 | 2,536 |
| 1952 | 125 | 2,353 | 104 | 3,576 |
| 1953 | 135 | 2,276 | 96 | 3,900 |
| 1954 | 137 | 2,232 | 99 | 4,144 |
| 1955 | 138 | 2,224 | 99 | 4,399 |
| 1956 | 151 | 2,051 | 103 | 4,382 |
| 1957 | 156 | 2,092 | 77 | 6,101 |
| 1958 | 161 | 1,936 | 79 | 6,003 |
| 1959 | 174 | 1,754 | 84 | 5,654 |
| 1960 | 185 | 1,678 | 92 | 5,243 |
| 1961 | 190 | 1,616 | 84 | 5,665 |
| 1962 | 183 | 1,645 | 80 | 5,780 |
| 1963 | 192 | 1,554 | 72 | 5,862 |
| 1964 | 196 | 1,448 | 73 | 5,596 |
| 1965 | 182 | 1,414 | 75 | 4,872 |
| 1966 | 195 | 1,242 | 71 | 4,995 |
| 1967 | 210 | 1,067 | 66 | 5,316 |
| 1968 | 223 | 1,011 | 66 | 5,277 |
| 1969 | 223 | 1,045 | 64 | 5,833 |
| 1970 | 234 | 1,011 | 64 | 5,615 |
| 1971 | 238 | 985 | 68 | 5,112 |
| 1972 | 249 | 837 | 75 | 4,180 |
| 1973 | 248 | 790 | 75 | 3,953 |
| 1974 | 273 | 692 | 65 | 4,454 |
| 1975 | 280 | 682 | 71 | 4,109 |
| 1976 | 327 | 534 | 65 | 4,302 |
| 1977 | 310 | 606 | 65 | 4,246 |
| 1978 | 336 | 524 | 63 | 4,342 |
| 1979 | 341 | 529 | 65 | 4,493 |
| 1980 | 354 | 506 | 61 | 4,767 |
| 1981 | 353 | 499 | 56 | 4,925 |
| 1982 | 389 | 431 | 60 | 4,976 |
| 1983 | 399 | 414 | 67 | 4,245 |
| 1984 | 438 | 367 | 75 | 3,810 |
| 1985 | 473 | 332 | 76 | 3,604 |
| 1986 | 445 | 378 | 85 | 3,223 |
| 1987 | 529 | 290 | 89 | 3,190 |
| 1988 | 516 | 318 | 94 | 3,070 |
| 1989 | 530 | 328 | 108 | 2,864 |
| 1990 | 586 | 292 | 115 | 2,826 |
| 1991 | 611 | 278 | 124 | 2,550 |
| 1992 | 702 | 215 | 133 | 2,478 |
| 1993 | 734 | 201 | 138 | 2,293 |
| 1994 | 727 | 208 | 131 | 2,398 |
| 1995 | 783 | 187 | 137 | 2,312 |
| 1996 | 819 | 176 | 118 | 2,662 |
| 1997 | 873 | 159 | 115 | 2,818 |
| 1998 | 111 | 3,074 | ||
| 1999 | 100 | 3,335 | ||
| 2000 | 90 | 3,613 | ||
| 2001 | 83 | 3,606 | ||
| 2002 | 91 | 3,514 | ||
| 2003 | 91 | 3,626 | ||
| 2004 | 93 | 3,461 | ||
| Totals: | 110,955 | 244,539 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Leslie as a boy's name about 31% of the time and more frequently (about 68% of the time) as a girl's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Leslie appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 118 times during the last 125 years.
See the Social Security card applications information for qualifiers about the data shown on this page.
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