Quick answers about Lessie
How many people are named Lessie?
An estimated 1,927 living Americans are named Lessie.
How rare is Lessie?
Lessie fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Lessie?
The median age of a living American named Lessie is approximately 70 years, with most bearers falling between 58 and 78 years old.
Is Lessie still popular?
Not especially. Lessie has been declining since its 1916 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Lessie most common?
Lessie has its strongest geographic signal in South Carolina, where it appears 7.9× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Lessie is most concentrated in South Carolina — about 7.9× the national rate in the 1950s. It also runs high in Mississippi.
States where Lessie is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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