Les
Boy · LEZ · Scottish
Les is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Les mean?
Scottish: short form of Leslie, or of Lester
Usually short for Leslie, a Scottish clan name, or Lester, from the English city of Leicester; also a Ukrainian name.
- Say it
- LEZ
More on Wiktionary.
Is Les a girl's or a boy's name?
Les is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Les in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Les, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 182 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
2025 had more boys named Les than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Les in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
Les in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,181 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,117 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1968 | 63 | #910 |
| 1967 | 71 | #848 |
| 1966 | 83 | #800 |
| 1965 | 92 | #768 |
| 1964 | 105 | #749 |
| 1963 | 121 | #704 |
| 1962 | 126 | #689 |
| 1961 | 182 | #586 |
| 1960 | 172 | #597 |
| 1959 | 160 | #611 |
| 1958 | 162 | #602 |
| 1957 | 126 | #679 |
| 1956 | 112 | #698 |
| 1955 | 59 | #975 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,168 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,188 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,278 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1949 | 49 | #996 |
| 1948 | 70 | #812 |
| 1947 | 91 | #718 |
| 1946 | 74 | #773 |
| 1945 | 50 | #899 |
| 1944 | 54 | #861 |
| 1943 | 61 | #846 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,067 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
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