Recorded 1917–2019 Boys' name Peak 1990 351 births

Lc — boys' name

351 babies named Lc in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s201920s331930s211940s211960s321970s161980s761990s862000s242010s22
1990s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Lc was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

20 babies were named Lc in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lc

The Social Security Administration has registered 351 babies named Lc between 1917 and 2019, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lc currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lc performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lc shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lc in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lc in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 351 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Lc at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

351

Since 1917

103 years of records

Peak year

1990

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1917

Recorded for 103 years

Last year on file: 2019

Lc popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1917

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1990)
20
Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
0510152025 201920021994198819801964193719241917 5

Lc by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
86 births that decade — 25% of Lc's all-time total
1910s201920s331930s211940s211960s321970s161980s761990s862000s242010s22

Lc by state

Where Lc concentrates geographically — total births since 1917

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Lc
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
6 1.7%
Illinois share of Lc's total US births 1.7%

6 of 351 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lc?
351 babies have been named Lc since 1917. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1990 with 20 births.
When was Lc most popular?
Lc was most popular in the 1990s decade with 86 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Lc most popular?
The top states for the name Lc are Illinois (6 births).
How long has the name Lc been used?
Lc has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 103 years of data through 2019.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.