Girls' name · since 1947
Lesle
187 babies named Lesle in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lesle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 187 recorded since 1947.
Lesle has 187 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1999.
- #20,510 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 187 born since 1947
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lesle ranks #20,510 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 187 born since 1947, peaking in the 1950s.
- #20,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lesle's 187 recorded births place it above 71.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lesle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lesle's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lesle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1999
- Peak year (1962)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Lesle by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (73 births, 39% of the file).
1950s was Lesle's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Lesle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
73 births
- 1960s
1960s
56 births
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 73 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Lesle's decade-level peak was the 1950s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1990s -- 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 Lesle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1947–1999 (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 Lesle 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.