Is Lesslie a boy or girl name?

Lesslie is a unisex name. Of the 641 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 77.8% were girls and 22.2% were boys.

Lesslie

Recorded 1915–2019 · United States

Lesslie was most popular in 2002, when 27 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,522 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 641 people named Lesslie.

Lesslie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lesslie’s peak in 2002. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lesslie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lesslie is a unisex name — 77.8% of the 641 Americans given it were girls and 22.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 Lesslie

Where Lesslie 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