Les
Les is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 587th, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1961182 births
- Best rank
- #587in 1961
- Since 1900
- 3,437people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,437 boys have been named Les in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 182 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 182 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1960s alone account for 31%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Les | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 34 | |
| 1920s | 71 | |
| 1930s | 152 | |
| 1940s | 549 | |
| 1950s | 790 | |
| 1960s | 1,072 | |
| 1970s | 307 | |
| 1980s | 183 | |
| 1990s | 75 | |
| 2000s | 70 | |
| 2010s | 95 | |
| 2020s | 34 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Les was the 587th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Les
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kenpeak 1960
- Ronpeak 1960
- Stanpeak 1959
- Russpeak 1959
- Kentpeak 1962
- Chuckpeak 1961
- Timmiepeak 1959
- Rodpeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.