Lezette — girls' name
56 babies named Lezette in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
56 girls have been named Lezette since 1961, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2001.
- 56
- total births
- 1961–2001
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Lezette was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Lezette in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lezette
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Lezette between 1961 and 2001, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lezette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lezette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lezette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lezette 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 56 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.
Lezette at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lezette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1961
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
56 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 9 births in a single year.
Lezette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 22 births that decade — 39% of Lezette's all-time total
Lezette decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lezette's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1961–2001 (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.