Lefty — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lefty

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Lefty between 1928 and 2023, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lefty currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lefty performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lefty shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lefty in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 35 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.