Lessie is an established girls' name that peaked in 1916 and has since faded.
Lessie is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Lessie was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1916 (382 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #12,893 | — |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | #14,715 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #19,291 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #18,849 | — |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | #10,929 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #13,023 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #16,484 | — |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #12,126 | — |
| 1998 | 9 | 9 | #9,769 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #15,100 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | — | #11,273 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #9,203 | — |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #9,185 | — |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #9,180 | — |
| 1991 | 15 | — | #6,130 | — |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #6,321 | — |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #7,248 | — |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #5,767 | — |
| 1987 | 16 | — | #4,984 | — |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #8,156 | #7,382 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | #4,562 | — |
| 1984 | 19 | — | #4,090 | — |
| 1983 | 17 | — | #4,385 | — |
| 1982 | 23 | — | #3,597 | — |
| 1981 | 18 | — | #4,257 | — |
| 1980 | 16 | — | #4,641 | — |
| 1979 | 25 | — | #3,982 | #5,783 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | #3,998 | — |
| 1977 | 15 | — | #6,626 | #5,554 |
| 1976 | 23 | — | #3,146 | — |
| 1975 | 19 | — | #3,579 | — |
| 1974 | 24 | — | #2,964 | — |
| 1973 | 12 | — | #4,722 | — |
| 1972 | 16 | — | #3,810 | — |
| 1971 | 36 | — | #2,518 | #4,709 |
| 1970 | 22 | — | #3,653 | #5,149 |
| 1969 | 39 | — | #2,232 | #4,212 |
| 1968 | 42 | — | #1,843 | — |
| 1967 | 23 | — | #2,599 | — |
| 1966 | 55 | — | #1,613 | #3,760 |
| 1965 | 44 | — | #1,705 | — |
| 1964 | 56 | — | #1,528 | — |
| 1963 | 56 | — | #1,639 | #3,520 |
| 1962 | 66 | — | #1,520 | #2,603 |
| 1961 | 80 | — | #1,347 | #2,635 |
| 1960 | 60 | — | #1,610 | #2,621 |
| 1959 | 61 | — | #1,489 | #3,168 |
| 1958 | 74 | — | #1,286 | #3,764 |
| 1957 | 86 | — | #1,198 | #3,158 |
| 1956 | 86 | — | #1,199 | #2,721 |
| 1955 | 124 | — | #980 | #1,760 |
| 1954 | 103 | — | #997 | #3,317 |
| 1953 | 110 | — | #942 | #2,823 |
| 1952 | 107 | — | #932 | #3,001 |
| 1951 | 124 | — | #843 | #2,445 |
| 1950 | 114 | — | #880 | #2,276 |
| 1949 | 130 | — | #818 | #1,991 |
| 1948 | 150 | — | #712 | #2,391 |
| 1947 | 163 | — | #714 | #1,682 |
| 1946 | 155 | — | #676 | #1,925 |
| 1945 | 143 | — | #649 | #1,826 |
| 1944 | 123 | — | #707 | #2,402 |
| 1943 | 162 | — | #623 | #2,040 |
| 1942 | 154 | — | #636 | #2,007 |
| 1941 | 171 | — | #582 | #1,322 |
| 1940 | 160 | — | #586 | #1,604 |
| 1939 | 165 | — | #549 | #1,686 |
| 1938 | 177 | — | #523 | #2,417 |
| 1937 | 189 | — | #504 | #1,665 |
| 1936 | 180 | — | #499 | #2,133 |
| 1935 | 195 | — | #489 | #1,285 |
| 1934 | 217 | — | #466 | #1,344 |
| 1933 | 191 | — | #483 | #1,745 |
| 1932 | 222 | — | #456 | #1,889 |
| 1931 | 209 | — | #462 | #2,163 |
| 1930 | 264 | — | #424 | #1,733 |
| 1929 | 249 | — | #429 | #2,871 |
| 1928 | 255 | — | #440 | #2,012 |
| 1927 | 289 | — | #412 | #2,628 |
| 1926 | 273 | — | #434 | #1,825 |
| 1925 | 349 | — | #381 | #1,321 |
| 1924 | 341 | — | #384 | #1,516 |
| 1923 | 340 | — | #372 | #1,730 |
| 1922 | 318 | — | #379 | #1,676 |
| 1921 | 368 | — | #355 | #1,681 |
| 1920 | 354 | — | #365 | #1,369 |
| 1919 | 399 | — | #327 | #1,513 |
| 1918 | 383 | — | #342 | #1,633 |
| 1917 | 357 | — | #342 | #1,511 |
| 1916 | 407 | — | #310 | #1,400 |
| 1915 | 345 | — | #333 | #1,393 |
| 1914 | 354 | — | #288 | #1,471 |
| 1913 | 252 | — | #303 | #2,396 |
| 1912 | 257 | — | #290 | #1,582 |
| 1911 | 228 | — | #261 | #1,345 |
| 1910 | 221 | — | #267 | #908 |
| 1909 | 156 | — | #289 | — |
| 1908 | 188 | — | #262 | #1,171 |
| 1907 | 193 | — | #252 | #1,157 |
| 1906 | 160 | — | #264 | #1,351 |
| 1905 | 168 | — | #249 | — |
| 1904 | 175 | — | #233 | — |
| 1903 | 153 | — | #254 | #880 |
| 1902 | 169 | — | #236 | #1,240 |
| 1901 | 139 | — | #253 | #905 |
| 1900 | 176 | — | #243 | — |
| 1899 | 101 | — | #295 | — |
| 1898 | 140 | — | #252 | — |
| 1897 | 106 | — | #282 | #1,160 |
| 1896 | 120 | — | #262 | — |
| 1895 | 133 | — | #240 | — |
| 1894 | 78 | — | #315 | — |
| 1893 | 96 | — | #273 | — |
| 1892 | 98 | — | #267 | — |
| 1891 | 64 | — | #315 | — |
| 1890 | 79 | — | #283 | — |
| 1889 | 74 | — | #278 | — |
| 1888 | 69 | — | #281 | — |
| 1887 | 67 | — | #256 | — |
| 1886 | 63 | — | #264 | — |
| 1885 | 38 | — | #334 | — |
| 1884 | 45 | — | #287 | — |
| 1883 | 37 | — | #316 | #979 |
| 1882 | 25 | — | #354 | — |
| 1881 | 18 | — | #402 | — |
| 1880 | 18 | — | #396 | — |