Lesly is an established variant of Leslie that peaked in 2003 and has since faded.
Lesly is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,448 for girl births in the United States (and #2,716 across all names), given to 149 babies. Lesly was first reported in SSA data in 1919 and peaked in 2003 (839 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 149 | 149 | #1,448 | — |
| 2024 | 223 | 223 | #1,101 | — |
| 2023 | 153 | 153 | #1,458 | — |
| 2022 | 181 | 181 | #1,306 | — |
| 2021 | 147 | 147 | #1,466 | — |
| 2020 | 165 | 165 | #1,340 | — |
| 2019 | 173 | 173 | #1,324 | — |
| 2018 | 190 | 190 | #1,231 | — |
| 2017 | 197 | 197 | #1,222 | — |
| 2016 | 194 | 194 | #1,261 | — |
| 2015 | 230 | 230 | #1,116 | — |
| 2014 | 276 | 276 | #968 | — |
| 2013 | 314 | 314 | #839 | — |
| 2012 | 372 | 372 | #758 | #13,431 |
| 2011 | 404 | 404 | #693 | — |
| 2010 | 505 | 505 | #581 | — |
| 2009 | 598 | 598 | #505 | — |
| 2008 | 699 | 699 | #452 | — |
| 2007 | 766 | 766 | #429 | — |
| 2006 | 761 | 761 | #419 | — |
| 2005 | 795 | 795 | #401 | #6,464 |
| 2004 | 754 | 754 | #407 | #9,549 |
| 2003 | 847 | 847 | #364 | #8,310 |
| 2002 | 724 | 724 | #407 | #9,019 |
| 2001 | 807 | 814 | #371 | #11,629 |
| 2000 | 753 | 758 | #389 | #6,161 |
| 1999 | 683 | 683 | #415 | #5,892 |
| 1998 | 529 | 529 | #492 | #5,068 |
| 1997 | 408 | — | #580 | #7,789 |
| 1996 | 335 | — | #671 | #9,929 |
| 1995 | 204 | — | #969 | #6,215 |
| 1994 | 170 | — | #1,127 | #5,725 |
| 1993 | 155 | — | #1,199 | #5,625 |
| 1992 | 121 | — | #1,441 | #5,936 |
| 1991 | 123 | — | #1,447 | #4,375 |
| 1990 | 96 | — | #1,681 | #6,181 |
| 1989 | 67 | — | #2,323 | #3,543 |
| 1988 | 65 | — | #2,140 | #4,339 |
| 1987 | 66 | — | #2,117 | #3,446 |
| 1986 | 42 | — | #2,654 | #7,381 |
| 1985 | 47 | — | #2,626 | #4,230 |
| 1984 | 59 | — | #2,212 | #3,203 |
| 1983 | 46 | — | #2,576 | #3,774 |
| 1982 | 64 | — | #2,006 | #3,612 |
| 1981 | 58 | — | #2,328 | #2,975 |
| 1980 | 40 | — | #2,914 | #4,359 |
| 1979 | 36 | — | #3,206 | #3,970 |
| 1978 | 29 | — | #3,578 | #4,402 |
| 1977 | 35 | — | #3,045 | #4,030 |
| 1976 | 31 | — | #3,145 | #4,247 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | #3,111 | — |
| 1974 | 28 | — | #3,376 | #4,042 |
| 1973 | 34 | — | #2,966 | #3,144 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | #4,959 | #3,509 |
| 1971 | 38 | — | #2,572 | #3,549 |
| 1970 | 34 | — | #2,822 | #3,424 |
| 1969 | 26 | — | #3,156 | #3,795 |
| 1968 | 34 | — | #2,392 | #3,543 |
| 1967 | 41 | — | #1,967 | #4,314 |
| 1966 | 48 | — | #1,782 | #3,415 |
| 1965 | 39 | — | #2,048 | #3,759 |
| 1964 | 45 | — | #2,058 | #2,609 |
| 1963 | 49 | — | #1,885 | #2,786 |
| 1962 | 51 | — | #1,719 | #3,506 |
| 1961 | 35 | — | #2,277 | #3,538 |
| 1960 | 39 | — | #2,129 | #2,987 |
| 1959 | 28 | — | #2,432 | #4,324 |
| 1958 | 21 | — | #2,541 | — |
| 1957 | 19 | — | #3,407 | #3,803 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | #2,677 | — |
| 1955 | 17 | — | #4,582 | #2,884 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | #3,096 | — |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #3,377 | — |
| 1952 | 19 | — | #3,985 | #2,616 |
| 1951 | 27 | — | #1,904 | — |
| 1950 | 17 | — | #3,337 | #3,529 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #3,513 | — |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #4,064 | — |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #4,571 | #4,039 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #3,340 | — |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #4,306 | — |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #4,462 | — |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #3,594 | — |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #3,795 | — |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #4,041 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,689 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,567 | — |
| 1930 | 6 | — | — | #3,833 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,613 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | — | #3,672 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,680 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | — | #4,696 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | — | #4,080 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | — | #4,525 |