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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Lezlie

Lezlie was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 1080th; the most babies were born in 1962 (95). More babies were named Lezlie in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Leslie) garden of hollies (Scottish place name) · Scottish Gaelic

Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
196295 babies
Total since 1880
2,399babies recorded

What does the name Lezlie mean?

Lezlie is a spelling of Leslie, pronounced the same way, so it shares Leslie's meaning and origin.

Leslie is a Scottish surname from a place name in Aberdeenshire. Wiktionary gives the older form Lesslyn and explains it as Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann, garden or enclosure of hollies. The surname then became a boys' name. Wiktionary notes that its use for girls is mostly American. In the US both sexes have used it since records began in 1880.

lios (Scottish Gaelic, “enclosure, garden”)cuileann (Scottish Gaelic, “holly”)

How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary only; place-name etymologies of this kind are often uncertain.

Related names: Lesley, Les, Lesli.

See also: Scottish names, names that mean tree, names from places.

Sources for this meaning

Lezlie popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#16,5215
2010#6,79119
2000#5,41421
1990#4,32323
1980#2,37541
1970#1,69055
1960#1,42360
1950#2,16221
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Lezlie, counting every spelling?

Lezlie is a spelling of Leslie, a name family that ranked #518 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together. Together these spellings went to 585 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Leslie393#7122,259
Lesly149#1,448853
Lesley30#4,617186
Lesli13#8,13877
Leslee——34

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Lezlie?

About 2,200 people born in the US named Lezlie are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 36 and 65. That makes Lezlie mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Lezlie by state

How common Lezlie was among girls born in each state in 1960–1964, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.7×), California (1.6×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMN0.03Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIA0.06Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCA0.06Utah: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesUT0.16Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesKS0.05Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOK0.06Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTX0.10Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Lezlie, girls, 1960–1964. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Lezlie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lezlie, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Lezlie

What does Lezlie mean?

Lezlie is a spelling of Leslie, which means “garden of hollies (Scottish place name)” (Scottish Gaelic origin). Certainty: probable.

How popular is the name Lezlie?

Lezlie was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 1080th; the most babies were born in 1962 (95). More babies were named Lezlie in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Lezlie a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lezlie in the US.

Where was Lezlie most popular?

In 1960–1964, Lezlie was most common in Utah (0.16 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.