Leslie

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Scottish
Leslie first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 22 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 286 babies (rank #37 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Leslie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Leslie yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,309
Total babies (all years)
22
Years in the data
286
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952286#37
1953228#44
1954219#42
1955247#41
1956201#44
1957193#45
1958169#48
1959160#54
1960240#58
1961214#65
1962184#68
1963173#69
1964149#73
1965155#70
1966121#80
1967123#80
1968114#87
196934#107
197054#103
197143#107
20141#1,707
20171#1,672