Lesley
Girl
Lesley is a girls' name, meaning “garden of hollies”. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Lesley mean?
“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.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lesley a girl's or a boy's name?
Lesley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lesley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 49 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lesley in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#55), 1954 (#19), 1964 (#46) and 1974 (#97).
Lesley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 2 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 29 | #854 |
| 1999 | 22 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 35 | #746 |
| 1997 | 45 | #632 |
| 1996 | 49 | #563 |
How popular is Lesley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Lesley, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 1980, with 928 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the girls named Lesley in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1913, 31% of the babies named Lesley in the US were girls. By 2016 it was 90%, with more girls than boys since 1941.
Lesley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,743 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 76 | #2,426 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 113 | #1,804 |
| 2013 | 120 | #1,725 |
| 2012 | 131 | #1,639 |
| 2011 | 175 | #1,329 |
| 2010 | 219 | #1,122 |
| 2009 | 223 | #1,132 |
| 2008 | 254 | #1,030 |
| 2007 | 353 | #813 |
| 2006 | 371 | #743 |
| 2005 | 382 | #715 |
| 2004 | 451 | #610 |
| 2003 | 452 | #603 |
| 2002 | 471 | #563 |
| 2001 | 509 | #523 |
| 2000 | 658 | #429 |
| 1999 | 682 | #408 |
| 1998 | 695 | #394 |
| 1997 | 626 | #415 |
| 1996 | 591 | #431 |
| 1995 | 276 | #739 |
| 1994 | 288 | #718 |
| 1993 | 314 | #688 |
| 1992 | 354 | #635 |
| 1991 | 372 | #606 |
| 1990 | 440 | #539 |
| 1989 | 394 | #566 |
| 1988 | 480 | #472 |
| 1987 | 472 | #463 |
| 1986 | 520 | #421 |
| 1985 | 565 | #401 |
| 1984 | 606 | #378 |
| 1983 | 734 | #318 |
| 1982 | 833 | #296 |
| 1981 | 870 | #282 |
| 1980 | 928 | #269 |
| 1979 | 913 | #267 |
| 1978 | 842 | #275 |
| 1977 | 848 | #281 |
| 1976 | 752 | #305 |
| 1975 | 714 | #321 |
| 1974 | 782 | #302 |
| 1973 | 611 | #348 |
| 1972 | 641 | #345 |
| 1971 | 850 | #313 |
| 1970 | 766 | #342 |
| 1969 | 714 | #334 |
| 1968 | 661 | #343 |
| 1967 | 689 | #335 |
| 1966 | 752 | #324 |
| 1965 | 744 | #330 |
| 1964 | 403 | #482 |
| 1963 | 350 | #519 |
| 1962 | 304 | #564 |
| 1961 | 276 | #606 |
| 1960 | 244 | #646 |
| 1959 | 305 | #558 |
| 1958 | 286 | #587 |
| 1957 | 397 | #474 |
| 1956 | 295 | #543 |
| 1955 | 333 | #505 |
| 1954 | 354 | #472 |
| 1953 | 297 | #503 |
| 1952 | 307 | #478 |
| 1951 | 297 | #477 |
| 1950 | 254 | #507 |
| 1949 | 249 | #517 |
| 1948 | 212 | #573 |
| 1947 | 215 | #582 |
| 1946 | 204 | #553 |
| 1945 | 129 | #642 |
| 1944 | 129 | #651 |
| 1943 | 95 | #795 |
| 1942 | 102 | #748 |
| 1941 | 56 | #975 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,313 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,221 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,159 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,556 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,488 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
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