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Lecia

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Lecia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196193 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1944
1,169people given the name
Babies named Lecia, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,169 girls have been named Lecia in the United States since 1944, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 93 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 93 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 50%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Lecia
1940s16
1950s217
1960s586
1970s166
1980s103
1990s41
2000s29
2010s11

In 1961, its biggest year

Lecia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.

Names that rose and fell with Lecia

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.