Lessie

Girl · recorded 1880–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1904best year

Most popular in 1904.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

031863618801916195219872023

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 126 recorded years as a table
Lessie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880198
1881196
1882232
1883285
1884349
1885286
1886436
1887459
1888386
1889415
1890415
1891345
1892462
1893451
1894350
1895569
1896504
1897431
1898541
1899433
1900587
1901552
1902621
1903553
1904636
1905576
1906525
1907584
1908541
1909449
1910525
1911526
1912441
1913392
1914441
1915326
1916366
1917309
1918312
1919332
1920271
1921281
1922246
1923264
1924252
1925261
1926214
1927233
1928207
1929215
1930218
1931184
1932193
1933173
1934183
1935159
1936161
1937161
1938151
1939135
1940123
1941120
1942104
1943106
194485
194598
194689
194780
194882
194967
195060
195163
195253
195354
195449
195553
195638
195738
195834
195926
196024
196134
196228
196325
196430
196525
196629
196714
196826
196920
197010
197118
197211
19738
197416
197513
197616
19776
197812
197912
198010
198111
198214
198310
198411
198510
19865
19879
19888
19896
19907
19918
19925
19935
19955
19964
19973
19985
19994
20003
20024
20035
20063
20073
20084
20234

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lessie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
7
Rank in 2023
#12,197
How rare
1 in 229,225 girls
Since 1880
14,073

Lessie was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1904, at 636 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lessie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.