Less is a very rare variant of Lessie that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Less is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1957. Less was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 1923 (14 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 7 | — | #3,430 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,770 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #3,666 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,523 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #4,040 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,730 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,763 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,375 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,362 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #3,943 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #3,944 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,072 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,094 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,170 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #3,780 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #3,996 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,287 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,392 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | #2,285 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,137 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #3,678 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,334 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,563 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | #2,861 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,366 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | #2,384 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | #2,558 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,183 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,157 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #1,743 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,156 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,350 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,339 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,145 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | #760 |
| 1900 | 13 | — | #717 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,159 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,181 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,046 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,057 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #953 |