Girls' name · since 1961
Leica
Leica has 28 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,836 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Leica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 28 have been recorded since 1961.
Leica has 28 recorded births among girls since 1961, 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 1961 to 2024.
- #41,836 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1961
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leica ranks #41,836 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1961, peaking in the 1960s.
- #41,836 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Leica's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leica's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2024
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Leica by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (14 births, 50% of the file).
1960s was Leica's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Leica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 14 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Leica's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- 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 Leica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1961–2024 (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 Leica 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.