Lesli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEZ-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Lesli is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Lesli mean?
Scottish: spelling of Leslie, a Scottish place and clan name
A spelling of Leslie, a Scottish clan surname taken from a place in Aberdeenshire.
Is Lesli a girl's or a boy's name?
Lesli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lesli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Lesli, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 166 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Lesli in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 555 girls in the US were given Lesli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #544, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Lesli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 90 | #2,190 |
| 2008 | 137 | #1,642 |
| 2007 | 135 | #1,645 |
| 2006 | 162 | #1,398 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,406 |
| 2004 | 151 | #1,379 |
| 2003 | 135 | #1,453 |
| 2002 | 147 | #1,322 |
| 2001 | 166 | #1,217 |
| 2000 | 145 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 115 | #1,490 |
| 1998 | 79 | #1,918 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 57 | #2,264 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,403 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 53 | #2,024 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,996 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,797 |
| 1982 | 87 | #1,399 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,406 |
| 1980 | 86 | #1,419 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,496 |
| 1978 | 80 | #1,434 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,380 |
| 1976 | 87 | #1,273 |
| 1975 | 112 | #1,055 |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,023 |
| 1973 | 100 | #1,120 |
| 1972 | 110 | #1,051 |
| 1971 | 121 | #1,021 |
| 1970 | 110 | #1,083 |
| 1969 | 131 | #929 |
| 1968 | 126 | #920 |
| 1967 | 145 | #833 |
| 1966 | 139 | #848 |
| 1965 | 126 | #894 |
| 1964 | 117 | #982 |
| 1963 | 145 | #870 |
| 1962 | 89 | #1,158 |
| 1961 | 93 | #1,135 |
| 1960 | 79 | #1,226 |
| 1959 | 79 | #1,202 |
| 1958 | 89 | #1,119 |
| 1957 | 80 | #1,176 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,412 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,732 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,676 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,459 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,073 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
Names like Lesli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Heidi, Lauren, Leilani, Lani, Noemi, Nicole, Michelle, Danielle, Kyla, Leah, Lori, Lexi
Other spellings of Lesli
Names related to Lesli
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lesli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lesli, updated 20 October 2026.