Gender: Mostly Girl
Meaning: Garden of holly, gray fortress
Origin: Scottish Gaelic
Popularity: Ranked #603 in 2024 with 495 babies born.
History: Leslie peaked in the 1980s-90s. Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation is the most beloved government employee in American fiction — her relentless optimism and waffle obsession captured the best of civic life. Leslie represents the American who believes that government, at its best, serves waffles and justice.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Leslie? About 1 in 6,210 babies born in 2024 were named Leslie, or roughly 1.5 per day in the United States.
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