Leslie
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #712 for girls
Leslie is a boys' name, meaning “garden of hollies”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 712th for girls in the US (393 babies).
What does Leslie mean?
“garden of hollies”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Leslie a girl's or a boy's name?
Leslie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 393 girls and 32 boys in the US.
How popular is Leslie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Leslie, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 34 boys.
Half of all the boys named Leslie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#24), 1914 (#17), 1924 (#15), 1934 (#31), 1944 (#35), 1954 (#42) and 1964 (#76).
Leslie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 17 | #990 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 34 | #548 |
How popular is Leslie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 712th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 393 about 1 in 4,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 393 girls in the US were named Leslie, making it the 712th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 595th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 6,103 girls. 32 boys were also named Leslie in 2025 (3,512th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Leslie than any year since 1940.
Half of all the girls named Leslie in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 555 girls in the US were given Leslie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #544, up from #712 for this spelling alone.
In 1880, 9% of the babies named Leslie in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 92%, with more girls than boys since 1946.
Leslie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 393 | #712 |
| 2024 | 496 | #605 |
| 2023 | 440 | #670 |
| 2022 | 453 | #651 |
| 2021 | 477 | #623 |
| 2020 | 488 | #595 |
| 2019 | 572 | #536 |
| 2018 | 601 | #521 |
| 2017 | 704 | #449 |
| 2016 | 807 | #413 |
| 2015 | 880 | #371 |
| 2014 | 1,000 | #338 |
| 2013 | 1,111 | #287 |
| 2012 | 1,226 | #266 |
| 2011 | 1,286 | #246 |
| 2010 | 1,565 | #199 |
| 2009 | 1,983 | #160 |
| 2008 | 2,326 | #147 |
| 2007 | 2,690 | #127 |
| 2006 | 3,036 | #108 |
| 2005 | 3,123 | #103 |
| 2004 | 3,501 | #93 |
| 2003 | 3,639 | #91 |
| 2002 | 3,522 | #91 |
| 2001 | 3,612 | #84 |
| 2000 | 3,623 | #90 |
| 1999 | 3,341 | #100 |
| 1998 | 3,079 | #111 |
| 1997 | 2,821 | #115 |
| 1996 | 2,664 | #118 |
| 1995 | 2,313 | #137 |
| 1994 | 2,398 | #131 |
| 1993 | 2,294 | #138 |
| 1992 | 2,482 | #133 |
| 1991 | 2,550 | #124 |
| 1990 | 2,827 | #115 |
| 1989 | 2,865 | #108 |
| 1988 | 3,079 | #94 |
| 1987 | 3,194 | #89 |
| 1986 | 3,224 | #86 |
| 1985 | 3,607 | #76 |
| 1984 | 3,817 | #75 |
| 1983 | 4,248 | #67 |
| 1982 | 4,985 | #60 |
| 1981 | 4,934 | #56 |
| 1980 | 4,776 | #61 |
| 1979 | 4,497 | #65 |
| 1978 | 4,342 | #63 |
| 1977 | 4,250 | #65 |
| 1976 | 4,311 | #65 |
| 1975 | 4,105 | #71 |
| 1974 | 4,463 | #65 |
| 1973 | 3,954 | #75 |
| 1972 | 4,184 | #75 |
| 1971 | 5,111 | #68 |
| 1970 | 5,622 | #64 |
| 1969 | 5,836 | #64 |
| 1968 | 5,282 | #66 |
| 1967 | 5,318 | #66 |
| 1966 | 4,999 | #71 |
| 1965 | 4,875 | #75 |
| 1964 | 5,598 | #73 |
| 1963 | 5,857 | #72 |
| 1962 | 5,778 | #80 |
| 1961 | 5,668 | #84 |
| 1960 | 5,242 | #92 |
| 1959 | 5,652 | #84 |
| 1958 | 6,014 | #79 |
| 1957 | 6,103 | #77 |
| 1956 | 4,382 | #104 |
| 1955 | 4,405 | #99 |
| 1954 | 4,147 | #99 |
| 1953 | 3,904 | #96 |
| 1952 | 3,573 | #104 |
| 1951 | 2,540 | #133 |
| 1950 | 2,329 | #134 |
| 1949 | 2,418 | #132 |
| 1948 | 2,305 | #131 |
| 1947 | 2,358 | #132 |
| 1946 | 2,139 | #130 |
| 1945 | 1,704 | #142 |
| 1944 | 1,202 | #182 |
| 1943 | 1,137 | #191 |
| 1942 | 834 | #231 |
| 1941 | 505 | #288 |
| 1940 | 254 | #427 |
| 1939 | 179 | #499 |
| 1938 | 176 | #504 |
| 1937 | 177 | #493 |
| 1936 | 179 | #480 |
| 1935 | 161 | #502 |
| 1934 | 125 | #579 |
| 1933 | 123 | #578 |
| 1932 | 94 | #698 |
| 1931 | 101 | #662 |
| 1930 | 132 | #600 |
| 1929 | 102 | #694 |
| 1928 | 102 | #692 |
| 1927 | 126 | #638 |
| 1926 | 140 | #599 |
| 1925 | 139 | #622 |
| 1924 | 142 | #632 |
| 1923 | 151 | #587 |
| 1922 | 121 | #659 |
| 1921 | 126 | #654 |
| 1920 | 92 | #757 |
| 1919 | 114 | #651 |
| 1918 | 127 | #627 |
| 1917 | 99 | #690 |
| 1916 | 101 | #679 |
| 1915 | 88 | #713 |
| 1914 | 68 | #701 |
| 1913 | 52 | #721 |
| 1912 | 49 | #717 |
| 1911 | 35 | #733 |
| 1910 | 52 | #570 |
| 1909 | 35 | #669 |
| 1908 | 41 | #583 |
| 1907 | 34 | #637 |
| 1906 | 29 | #678 |
| 1905 | 35 | #587 |
| 1904 | 30 | #629 |
| 1903 | 24 | #680 |
| 1902 | 37 | #528 |
| 1901 | 29 | #577 |
| 1900 | 30 | #639 |
| 1899 | 18 | #756 |
| 1898 | 24 | #666 |
| 1897 | 34 | #497 |
| 1896 | 27 | #594 |
| 1895 | 22 | #658 |
| 1894 | 36 | #463 |
| 1893 | 26 | #547 |
| 1892 | 22 | #590 |
| 1891 | 28 | #483 |
| 1890 | 20 | #578 |
| 1889 | 23 | #532 |
| 1888 | 23 | #525 |
| 1887 | 12 | #661 |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 10 | #695 |
| 1884 | 15 | #541 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 9 | #634 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
Names like Leslie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
William, Thomas, Harry, Lewis, James, Charlie, George, Joseph, Robert, Freddie, Charles, Archie
Other spellings of Leslie
Names related to Leslie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Leslie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leslie, updated 20 October 2026.