Girls' name · since 1898
Leacy
Leacy has 27 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1912 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Leacy since 1898, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leacy has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1898, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1994.
- #42,310 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1898
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leacy ranks #42,310 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1898, peaking in the 1910s.
- #42,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
Leacy's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leacy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leacy's full recorded timeline at 1912, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1898, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1912 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leacy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1994
- Peak year (1912)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Leacy by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (12 births, 44% of the file).
1910s was Leacy's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Leacy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
5 births
- 1900s
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 12 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Leacy's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leacy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1912)
Similar record span (~96 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1898–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leacy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.