Lesly

#1,448 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Leslie

Lesly has been given to 15,785 babies in the U.S. since 1936. In 2025 it ranked #1,448 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 839 recorded.

Babies named Lesly, 2025

1 in 22,200

Lesly over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lesly: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Leslie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lesly means

Lesly is a variant of Leslie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Lesly → Leslie. The family’s meaning is “garden of hollies”, recorded in English with the source elements cuileann.

Origin, language, and formation

Lesly is used in French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Leslie.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Lesly is pronounced /lɛ.sli/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15,281 girls were recorded with the name Lesly between 1936 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 839 in 2003; its best national rank was #364 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,340 in 2020 to #1,448 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,116 in 2015 to #1,448 in 2025.

In the United States, 504 boys were recorded with the name Lesly between 1919 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1989; its best national rank was #2,608 in 1964.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lesly?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 22,200; 149 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 10,800; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #1,448; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 15,423 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lesly sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,423 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lesly. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Leslys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lesly was born before 2004 — so the typical Lesly is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 48.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 69.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 15,203; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 48.8% of all recorded uses (7,454).

Is Lesly rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −347; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −108; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −332; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.65×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 17.8%; Peak was 2003 (839)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #364; 2003

Spellings of Lesly

Lesly is not the most common spelling — Kelly is, with 36.9% against Lesly's 1.2%.

Kelly36.9%473,965
Leslie21.0%270,429
Lily14.7%189,644
Lilly5.2%66,728
Leila4.3%55,436
Lela3.3%43,005
Lesley2.7%34,301
Leola2.2%28,129

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Lesly is used

Across 2016–2025, Lesly was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 3,846 girls, against 1 in 8,017 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

126 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Maryland1 in 3,846
2New York1 in 5,263
3New Jersey1 in 5,556
4California1 in 5,882
5Texas1 in 5,882
6Virginia1 in 6,667
7Arizona1 in 7,143
8North Carolina1 in 7,692

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Lesly around the world

Where Lesly ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1972–2025
#2,032
in 2025
Canada
1992–2024
#3,457
in 2024
South Australia
1950–1963
#644
in 1963

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Lesly

People whose public names include Lesly, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

Lesly MaloudaAssociation football player
b. 1983
Lesly FellingaAssociation football player
b. 1985

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lesly in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Lesly. Linked forms have their own page here.

Lesley Leslie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Lesly by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #1,448
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 108
Best rank ever: #364; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 839 that year
First recorded: 1936
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 15,281
Count in 2025: 149

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,608; 1964
Peak year: 1989; 16 that year
First recorded: 1919
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 504
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lesly

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lesli Lessly Lesley Lessie Lesa Lesia Leslee Leslie Leslye Lesha Lesta Lester Yesly Jesly Leshia Esly Lesle Nasly Leslea Lessa Kensly Lesslie Paisly Leshay

Names with a curve like Lesly

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lesly, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Hailee Tamia Annika Gisselle Abbigail Macey Madyson America Kailee Halle Kaylie Kailey

Sibling names for Lesly

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Ayanna Hailee Rebeca Aracely Perla Aida Abbie Kailey

For a brother

Osvaldo Octavio Keon Jaylin Adolfo Isiah Gonzalo Skylar

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