Girls' name · since 1950
Lesleigh
487 babies named Lesleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 487
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lesleigh sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 487 recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lesleigh has been recorded 487 times among girls since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2019.
- #12,047 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 487 born since 1950
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lesleigh ranks #12,047 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 487 born since 1950, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 487
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lesleigh's 487 recorded births place it above 83.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lesleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lesleigh's full recorded timeline at 1989, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lesleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2019
- Peak year (1971)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Lesleigh by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (122 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Lesleigh's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Lesleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 36
1960s
36 births
- 1970s
1970s
99 births
- 1980s
1980s
122 births
- 1990s
1990s
109 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s 46
2010s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 122 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Lesleigh's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (122 total births) through the 2010s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lesleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1950–2019 (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 Lesleigh 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.