Unisex name · since 1969
Lesile
Lesile has 45 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lesile sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 45 recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lesile has been recorded 45 times among girls since 1969, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2000.
- #36,227 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 45 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lesile ranks #36,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #36,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lesile's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lesile's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lesile splits its recorded history at 1979: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lesile popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2000
- Peak year (1975)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Lesile popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1967 (Lesile as boys' name)
Lesile by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (23 births, 51% of the file).
1970s was Lesile's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Lesile births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 23 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lesile's data
- Lesile's decade-level peak was the 1970s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lesile: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1969–2000 (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 Lesile 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.