Is Les a boy or girl name?

Les is a boy’s name. Of the 3,480 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys.

Les

Recorded 1900–2025 · United States

Les was most popular in 1961, when 188 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,308 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,480 people named Les.

Les over time

Births per year. The dot marks Les’s peak in 1961. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Les a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Les is a boy’s name — 0.9% of the 3,480 Americans given it were girls and 99.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Les

Where Les is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org