Girls' name · since 1893
Lecy
11 babies named Lecy in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #53,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lecy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 11 have been recorded since 1893.
Lecy has 11 recorded births among girls since 1893, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 1922.
- #53,538 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1893
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lecy ranks #53,538 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1893, peaking in the 1920s.
- #53,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lecy'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.
Lecy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lecy splits its recorded history at 1922: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1893 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lecy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–1922
- Peak year (1922)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Lecy by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1920s was Lecy's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Lecy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lecy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1893–1922 (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 Lecy 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.