Lessley — unisex name
54 babies named Lessley in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
54 girls have been named Lessley since 1980, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2006.
- 54
- total births
- 1980–2006
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Lessley was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Lessley in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lessley
The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Lessley between 1980 and 2006, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lessley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Lessley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 43 additional births since 1920.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lessley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lessley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lessley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lessley 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 54 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.
Lessley at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lessley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1980
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
54 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 10 births in a single year.
Lessley popularity over time — boys
43 total births recorded since 1920 (Lessley as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Lessley accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lessley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 28 births that decade — 52% of Lessley's all-time total
Lessley decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lessley's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Lessley by state
Where Lessley concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 11.1% |
6 of 54 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1980–2006 (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.