Girls' name · since 1967
Lechelle
166 babies named Lechelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lechelle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 166 recorded since 1967.
Lechelle has 166 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2009.
- #21,728 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 166 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lechelle ranks #21,728 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lechelle's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lechelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lechelle's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lechelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2009
- Peak year (1987)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Lechelle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (57 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Lechelle's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Lechelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 57 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Lechelle's decade-level peak was the 1980s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lechelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1967–2009 (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 Lechelle 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.