Is Lessly a boy or girl name?

Lessly is a girl’s name. Of the 636 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Lessly

Recorded 1988–2021 · United States

Lessly was most popular in 2001, when 52 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,746 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 636 people named Lessly.

Lessly over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lessly’s peak in 2001. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lessly a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lessly is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 636 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% 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 Lessly

Where Lessly 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