Leslie
A unisex name of Scottish origin, meaning garden of holly; from a place name.
Baby Names Arena rank
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needs 5 head-to-heads
Win rate
45%
of head-to-heads
US popularity
#712
down from #605
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies
How Leslie has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #371 |
| 2016 | #414 |
| 2017 | #450 |
| 2018 | #521 |
| 2019 | #537 |
| 2020 | #598 |
| 2021 | #622 |
| 2022 | #652 |
| 2023 | #670 |
| 2024 | #605 |
| 2025 | #712 |
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Leslie. In the US, 746 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 6,101 in 1957.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Leslie was most common in 1970, when it went to 0.31% of American babies of that sex.
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