Recorded 1950–2019 Girls' name Peak 1971 487 births

Lesleigh — girls' name

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.

1950s141960s361970s991980s1221990s1092000s612010s46
1980s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Lesleigh was born in this single decade.

1971
Single peak year

17 babies were named Lesleigh in 1971 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lesleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 487 babies named Lesleigh between 1950 and 2019, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lesleigh currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lesleigh performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lesleigh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lesleigh 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 487 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.

Lesleigh at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

487

Since 1950

70 years of records

Peak year

1971

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1950

Recorded for 70 years

Last year on file: 2019

Lesleigh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1950

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1971)
17
Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
05101520 201920092000199319861979197219571950 6

Lesleigh by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
122 births that decade — 25% of Lesleigh's all-time total
1950s141960s361970s991980s1221990s1092000s612010s46

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lesleigh?
487 babies have been named Lesleigh since 1950. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1971 with 17 births.
When was Lesleigh most popular?
Lesleigh was most popular in the 1980s decade with 122 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
How long has the name Lesleigh been used?
Lesleigh has been recorded in Social Security data since 1950, spanning 70 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Lesleigh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Leslie, Lesley, Lesly, Lessie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1950–2019 (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.