Lesley
6
Babies in 2024
-33%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 35
—
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Lesley
Lesley peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (35 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 6 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Lesley reached its peak in 1996, when 35 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #671 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 6 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 24 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 300 girls have been officially registered with the name Lesley in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 30 girls were registered with the name, starting from 9 in 2014 and ending at 6 in 2024.