Leslie

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Leslie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Leslie: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #37, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
107times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#37highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Leslie's record

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2005

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2003	#3099
2005	#4798

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 26 of the 40 years from 1964 to 2003.

In 2003: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1092 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #37 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1968
Highest recorded position: #37 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1968).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Leslie appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 26 ranked years and 510 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Leslie across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Leslie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#91 (1964)	#91 (1964)	#500 (2003)	26 of 40	510 (1964–2003)	47 (1973)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#256 (1966)	#146 (1968)	#606 (2001)	21 of 36	187 (1966–2001)	37 (1968)
England and Wales · Boys	#552 (1996)	#552 (1996)	#2263 (2024)	26 of 29	295 (1996–2024)	31 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#37 (1952)	#37 (1952)	#99 (1968)	17 of 17	2,627 (1952–1968)	286 (1952)
New Zealand · Boys	#52 (1954)	#52 (1954)	#98 (1967)	12 of 14	1,126 (1954–1967)	141 (1954)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2683 (1996)	#4798 (2005)	5 of 10	19 (1996–2005)	5 (1996)

Leslie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Leslie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	76	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	137	10 of 10	14
2010s	65	9 of 10	7
2020s	17	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Leslie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #37 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Leslie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1014	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#887	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#552	31	High	Verified
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	67	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	67	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	147	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	193	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	201	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	247	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	219	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	228	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	286	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New Zealand	male	#98	60	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#89	71	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#93	67	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#94	66	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#78	98	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#76	87	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#73	95	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#68	103	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#69	98	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#58	122	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#58	118	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#52	141	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	10	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	12	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	14	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#330	9	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	13	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	25	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	26	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	22	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	32	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	32	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	47	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	32	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	41	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	18	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	32	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	26	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	37	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	29	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	23	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	24	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	36	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 67 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #37, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 286 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 44 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lesedi · #3849, 9y
Lesley · #34, 68y
Lester · #245, 28y
Leszek · #192, 33y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cormac · #37, 62y
Eoghan · #39, 62y
Jeremiah · #39, 62y
Kaja · #41, 68y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Alina · #37, 63y
Narelle · #37, 25y
Russell · #37, 70y
Shelley · #37, 53y

Leslie was ranked #37 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1952. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Leslie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Leslie without appearing here.

Leslie moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3990 and #1391 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3990 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3990 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Leslie

Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Isak Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2404.
Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2055 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #1935.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1469 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2211 and #926.

Moved the opposite way to Leslie

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2003 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leslie went from #91 to #500 while Alexander went from #116 to #49.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2003 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leslie went from #91 to #500 while Benjamin went from #139 to #53.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2003 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leslie went from #91 to #500 while Conor went from #56 to #4.
Eoin Compare
Between 1964 and 2003 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leslie went from #91 to #500 while Eoin went from #83 to #15.

Moved the same way as Leslie

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2003 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leslie went from #91 to #500 and Adrian from #65 to #177.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2003 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leslie went from #91 to #500 and Arthur from #98 to #214.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2003 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leslie went from #91 to #500 and Denis from #21 to #117.
Francis Compare
Between 1964 and 2003 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leslie went from #91 to #500 and Francis from #16 to #168.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #37 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leslie

Leslie at a glance

What stands out in Leslie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leslie across 6 official records

Leslie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Leslie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Leslie

Leslie and the names beside it

Leslie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leslie

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Leslie at a glance

What stands out in Leslie's record

Leslie across 6 official records

Leslie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Leslie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Leslie

Leslie and the names beside it

Leslie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leslie

Moved the opposite way to Leslie

Moved the same way as Leslie