Leora

#1,352 for girls in 2025, 163 births · Last seen for boys in 1917 at #3,545
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 28 births
Debut · girls
28 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,119
since 1880

Leora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leora has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #294, 1880girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,352163
2024#1,520142
2023#1,578134
2022#1,828111
2021#1,739118
2020#1,808109
2019#2,23182
2018#1,677124
2017#1,902106
2016#2,05496
2015#2,19486
2014#2,26782
2013#2,45873
2012#2,54871
2011#2,66466
2010#2,45176
2009#2,80063
2008#3,26751
2007#2,68468
2006#3,13653
2005#3,58741
2004#2,88955
2003#2,70758
2002#3,14645
2001#3,86433
2000#2,63256
1999#3,14841
1998#2,69150
1997#3,10538
1996#3,50532
1995#3,15236
1994#3,03838
1993#3,58530
1992#3,09137
1991#3,15935
1990#2,73742
1989#3,56628
1988#2,93135
1987#2,30946
1986#2,68236
1985#2,65736
1984#2,78132
1983#2,19844
1982#2,77033
1981#1,67468
1980#2,24644
1979#3,33324
1978#2,26940
1977#2,51534
1976#2,54631
1975#2,32135
1974#2,49730
1973#2,22335
1972#2,31132
1971#2,17537
1970#2,26734
1969#1,92742
1968#2,09133
1967#1,92137
1966#1,91636
1965#1,48956
1964#1,66648
1963#1,62349
1962#1,49756
1961#1,61249
1960#1,39362
1959#1,43556
1958#1,33363
1957#1,25470
1956#1,28765
1955#1,22967
1954#1,46547
1953#1,31255
1952#1,11971
1951#1,15166
1950#95988
1949#1,07769
1948#1,07068
1947#94288
1946#97074
1945#90469
1944#82785
1943#84984
1942#720107
1941#75190
1940#71894
1939#623117
1938#625120
1937#615120
1936#600120
1935#592120
1934#591122
1933#558131
1932#537146
1931#532154
1930#550154
1929#516172
1928#535171
1927#479212
1926#477211
1925#466218
1924#438252
1923#470215
1922#425245
1921#426255
1920#463214
1919#412247
1918#433235
1917#424227#3,5456
1916#403243
1915#404223
1914#420162
1913#396150
1912#397134
1911#362121
1910#387104
1909#36899
1908#40581
1907#44864
1906#35688
1905#42962
1904#35485
1903#35480
1902#37969
1901#36170
1900#39271
1899#37859
1898#40558
1897#37261
1896#40949
1895#37456
1894#35162
1893#37951
1892#38747
1891#43034
1890#35851
1889#43031
1888#38040
1887#39830
1886#37133
1885#45921
1884#39126
1883#34327
1882#32629
1881#33823
1880#29428
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Leora was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 30 girls a year got the name.

See more about Leora
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 168 spots since 2024 (#1,520#1,352)
  • 456 spots since 2020 (#1,808#1,352)
  • 842 spots since 2015 (#2,194#1,352)
  • Biggest jump: 118 spots in 1950 (#1,077#959)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1951 (#959#1,151)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #294 (28 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,240
  • Highest: 1 in 3,240 girls born in 1904 were named Leora (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,861 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #294 in 1880, was only 1 in 3,250 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.9% of all girls named Leora (2,165) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s288#294 (1880)#373
1890s528#351 (1894)#384
1900s769#354 (1904)#385
1910s1,846#362 (1911)#404
1920s2,165#425 (1922)#470
1930s1,304#532 (1931)#582
1940s828#718 (1940)#883
1950s648#959 (1950)#1,254
1960s468#1,393 (1960)#1,714
1970s332#2,175 (1971)#2,446
1980s402#1,674 (1981)#2,581
1990s379#2,691 (1998)#3,121
2000s523#2,632 (2000)#3,071
2010s862#1,677 (2018)#2,245
2020s777#1,352 (2025)#1,638

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

Leora in 1889

girls
#430
31 births · 1 in 5,754 girls

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #430Leora31
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 5,754 of them was named Leora, which outranked 70.9% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leora
  1. #421Paula33
  2. #421Savannah33
  3. #429Vernie32
  4. #430Leora31
  5. #430Avis31
  6. #430Belva31
  7. #430Eda31
  8. #439Adella30
  9. #439Aline30
  10. #439Althea30

Tied with 8 names at #430; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 635Hellen#1,276#641
  2. 569Diana#1,136#567
  3. 536Hope#1,136#600
  4. 519Adelle#1,276#757
  5. 519Ova#1,276#757
Fallers
  1. 667Zilpha#612#1,279
  2. 643Lular#636#1,279
  3. 616Dagmar#663#1,279
  4. 589Savanah#690#1,279
  5. 555Harry#724#1,279

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889