as a First Name
Variant of Leslie, now the usual form of the girls' name. Its first recorded use as such is in a poem by Robert Burns.
| 876th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 41,579
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Lesley per capita
- 1977
- marked the height of its popularity
97%
3%
10%
55+
55+
52%
30-54
30-54
17%
13-29
13-29
22%
0-12
0-12
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