Lessie
Lessie is an unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida, United States. It is located near the center of the county.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lessie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lessie is an unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida, United States. It is located near the center of the county.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lessie
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Lessie as a girl name dates back to 1880, when 18 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 382 newborns named Lessie — #309 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Lessie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Lessie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Lessie on the record books as a boy name in 1883, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1925, when 31 Lessies were born — ranking #1,304 that year. About 22% of every Lessie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Lessie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1986, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 945 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lessie
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Names that sound like Lessie
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About the name Lessie
Lessie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Lessie's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #309. Use the chart and map above to compare Lessie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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