Girls' name · since 1999
Leesly
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Leesly, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #47,904 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leesly is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Leesly recorded 17 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2006.
- #47,904 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leesly ranks #47,904 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #47,904 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leesly's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leesly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leesly's full recorded timeline at 2004, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leesly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2006
- Peak year (1999)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Leesly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Leesly's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Leesly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leesly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leesly draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.