Lelsie — girls' name
22 babies named Lelsie in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
22 girls have been named Lelsie since 1981, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1985.
- 22
- total births
- 1981–1985
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Lelsie was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Lelsie in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lelsie
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Lelsie between 1981 and 1985, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lelsie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lelsie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lelsie 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 22 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.
Lelsie at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lelsie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1981
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
22 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 10 births in a single year.
Lelsie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 22 births that decade — 100% of Lelsie's all-time total
Lelsie decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lelsie's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.