Lezley — girls' name
280 babies named Lezley in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Lezley was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Lezley in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lezley
The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Lezley between 1955 and 2012, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lezley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lezley performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lezley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lezley 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 280 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.
Lezley at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lezley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1955
- Peak year (1965)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
280 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 12 births in a single year.
Lezley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 76 births that decade — 27% of Lezley's all-time total
Lezley decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lezley's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% 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, 1955–2012 (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.