- Best ever
- #527 in 1903
- US births since 1880
- 4,797
- Trend
- Falling last 10 years
Meaning
- From the gray fortress
- Dweller in the gray castle
- Small meadow
Also a girl’s name. See Lesley for girls — 34,301 recorded US births.
Births 1882–2016
Peak 102 in 1958. Falling over the last ten years.
Where in the US
- CA5,169
- TX3,722
- NY2,541
- IL1,663
- OH1,396
Recorded births, states with 5+ per year only. State records cover 80% of this name's national total.
Other English names
- ViviannaThe Lady of the Lake
- DempseyProud
- DorothaGift of God
- TremaineFrom the town encircled by stone
- AbelardoResolute, keeper of the abbey larder
- Farrellcourageous, man of valor
- CrawfordFrom the crow's ford
- ShadIn the bible Shadrach was one of three young…
- HoneyHoney
- CarletonCarl's town
- DeltonFrom the town in the valley
- CorieFrom the round hill, seething pool, ravine