Girls' name · since 1960
Leca
11 babies named Leca in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #53,537 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Leca is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 11 have been recorded since 1960.
Leca has 11 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1971.
- #53,537 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leca ranks #53,537 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #53,537 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Leca's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leca's full recorded timeline at 1971, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1971
- Peak year (1960)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Leca by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1960s was Leca's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Leca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Leca's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1970s (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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1960–1971 (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 Leca 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.