Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Les” in the USA?

Number of people named “Les” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Les” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Les” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Les” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Les” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Les” by birth year

This chart shows how “Les” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 -100%
1937 26 0.000012203 26 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 -100%
1940 37 0.000016068 37 -100%
1941 30 0.000012313 30 -100%
1942 33 0.00001208 33 -100%
1943 61 0.000021612 61 -100%
1944 54 0.000020074 54 -100%
1945 50 0.000018847 50 -100%
1946 74 0.000023159 74 -100%
1947 91 0.000025261 91 -100%
1948 70 0.000020275 70 -100%
1949 49 0.000014061 49 -100%
1950 28 0.000007992 28 -100%
1951 33 0.000008958 33 -100%
1952 30 0.000007899 30 -100%
1953 39 0.00001012 39 -100%
1954 46 0.000011556 5 41 -78%
1955 64 0.00001594 5 59 -84%
1956 112 0.000027164 112 -100%
1957 126 0.000029985 126 -100%
1958 173 0.000041849 11 162 -87%
1959 165 0.000039683 5 160 -94%
1960 172 0.000041408 172 -100%
1961 188 0.000045385 6 182 -94%
1962 126 0.000031224 126 -100%
1963 121 0.000030569 121 -100%
1964 105 0.000027009 105 -100%
1965 92 0.000025376 92 -100%
1966 83 0.00002388 83 -100%
1967 71 0.000020914 71 -100%
1968 63 0.000018648 63 -100%
1969 57 0.000016401 57 -100%
1970 54 0.000014973 54 -100%
1971 48 0.000013985 48 -100%
1972 25 0.000007954 25 -100%
1973 29 0.000009613 29 -100%
1974 26 0.000008553 26 -100%
1975 25 0.00000828 25 -100%
1976 30 0.000009887 30 -100%
1977 32 0.000010074 32 -100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 -100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 -100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 -100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 -100%
1985 22 0.000006164 22 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 27 0.000007307 27 -100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 -100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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