Lecil

Peak · boys
1921 · 16 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
302
since 1914

Lecil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lecil has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,059, 1921boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1959#3,9885
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1954#3,4526
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1952#3,7345
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1949#3,2986
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1944#2,30910
1943#3,5385
1942#3,2126
1941#3,1336
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1939#2,28810
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1936#2,6298
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1934#2,7428
1933#3,0047
1932#2,46510
1931#2,6519
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1929#2,9808
1928#2,38712
1927#4,2105
1926#2,43612
1925#2,43512
1924#2,13215
1923#2,22414
1922#3,2528
1921#2,05916
1920#3,8156
1919#2,8779
1918#2,8829
1917#2,9568
1916#2,9268
1915#3,8255
1914#3,2645
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Lecil! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1930, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Lecil is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Lecil in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Lecil
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1968
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1921 at #2,059 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1922, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 68,841
  • Highest: 1 in 68,841 boys born in 1921 were named Lecil (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 347,595 boys born in 1968 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 35.8% of all boys named Lecil (108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s44#2,877 (1919)#3,122
1920s108#2,059 (1921)#2,793
1930s62#2,288 (1939)#2,586
1940s62#2,309 (1944)#3,055
1950s21#3,452 (1954)#3,722
1960s5#4,136 (1968)#4,136

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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