girls:
5.8k births since 1946
#2190 (62nd percentile)
overall:
5.8k births since 1946
#3578 (54th percentile)
The name Lesli is the #3,578 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,763 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 53.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,190 (61.7% percentile) for all time with 5,763 births since 1946.
Lesli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (first recorded for girls in 1946).
For girls, Lesli reached its peak popularity in 1967, achieving the 19.0% percentile (ranked #598) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 1967, with 84 births per million (ranked 19.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lesli ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 10.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lesli".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lesli", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 19 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Leslie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Leslie..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lesli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.5% confident that Lesli is pronounced as LEH-slee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEHZ-lee, at 47.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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