Lezlie — girls' name
2,399 babies named Lezlie in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Lezlie was born in this single decade.
95 babies were named Lezlie in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lezlie
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,399 babies named Lezlie between 1944 and 2022, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lezlie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 95 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lezlie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 646 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lezlie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 265 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Lezlie in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lezlie 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 2,399 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.
Lezlie at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lezlie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1944
- Peak year (1962)
- 95
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
2,399 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 95 births in a single year.
Lezlie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 646 births that decade — 27% of Lezlie's all-time total
Lezlie decade highlights
- Peak decade 646 births
- Runner-up 496 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lezlie's strongest decade
646 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Lezlie by state
Where Lezlie concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 265 | 11.0% |
| #2 | California | | 217 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Washington | | 22 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 17 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 17 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 17 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 15 | 0.6% |
265 of 2,399 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.0% of nationwide
- California 9.0% of nationwide
- Washington 0.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.7% of nationwide
- Minnesota 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lezlie appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1944–2022 (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.