Girl name#1,100 of girl names
Lesly
Pronounced L AH0 S L AY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2003
- 89 years in use
How popular is Lesly?
Lesly is a girls' name, and first appears in 1936. It has been given to 15,647 children — the 1,100th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 66% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2003, when 839 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L AH0 S L AY1
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lesly
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lesly
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lesly?
- Lesly ranks 1,100th among girls' names in US records, with 15,647 births since 1936. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,852.
- Is Lesly a unisex name?
- No. Lesly is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lesly most popular?
- 2003, when 839 children were given the name. It has been in use for 89 years and is still recorded as of 2024.