Lesley

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex โ€” 38% girls / 62% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Leslie is a surname and given name, derived from the name of Clan Leslie. The name may also be spelled Lesley. The name derives from a placename in Aberdeenshire, perhaps an anglicisation of an originally Gaelic leas celyn "holly-garden".

From Wikipedia

Lesley first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 75 babies (rank #240 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Lesley

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

2,292
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
75
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
19551#812
19561#856
19571#892
19586#617
19593#759
19603#777
19613#791
19623#804
19634#746
19644#754
19655#718
19664#795
19675#745
196814#504
196913#557
197012#582
197111#609
197213#560
19738#664
197411#583
197512#559
197616#484
197724#385
197826#378
197921#432
198033#355
198117#501
198235#337
198333#352
198442#308
198542#316
198660#255
198759#264
198849#303
198959#268
199049#321
199168#258
199275#240
199346#335
199439#380
199548#323
199655#304
199745#352
199832#435
199933#431
200034#420
200128#474
200229#453
200325#491
200428#450
200525#472
200616#601
200712#670
200820#512
200915#602
201010#722
201111#686
201210#706
20138#784
20148#761