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
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 28 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,119since 1880
Leora over time
Rank among girls' names. Leora has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,352 | 163 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,520 | 142 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,578 | 134 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,828 | 111 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,739 | 118 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,808 | 109 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,231 | 82 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,677 | 124 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,902 | 106 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,054 | 96 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,194 | 86 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,267 | 82 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,458 | 73 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,548 | 71 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,664 | 66 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,451 | 76 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,800 | 63 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 68 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,889 | 55 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,707 | 58 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,146 | 45 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,691 | 50 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,105 | 38 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,159 | 35 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,309 | 46 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,682 | 36 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,198 | 44 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,246 | 44 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,321 | 35 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,091 | 33 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,489 | 56 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,666 | 48 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,497 | 56 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,612 | 49 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,393 | 62 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,435 | 56 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,333 | 63 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,254 | 70 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,287 | 65 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,229 | 67 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,465 | 47 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,312 | 55 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,119 | 71 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 | — | |
| 1950 | #959 | 88 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,077 | 69 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | — | |
| 1947 | #942 | 88 | — | |
| 1946 | #970 | 74 | — | |
| 1945 | #904 | 69 | — | |
| 1944 | #827 | 85 | — | |
| 1943 | #849 | 84 | — | |
| 1942 | #720 | 107 | — | |
| 1941 | #751 | 90 | — | |
| 1940 | #718 | 94 | — | |
| 1939 | #623 | 117 | — | |
| 1938 | #625 | 120 | — | |
| 1937 | #615 | 120 | — | |
| 1936 | #600 | 120 | — | |
| 1935 | #592 | 120 | — | |
| 1934 | #591 | 122 | — | |
| 1933 | #558 | 131 | — | |
| 1932 | #537 | 146 | — | |
| 1931 | #532 | 154 | — | |
| 1930 | #550 | 154 | — | |
| 1929 | #516 | 172 | — | |
| 1928 | #535 | 171 | — | |
| 1927 | #479 | 212 | — | |
| 1926 | #477 | 211 | — | |
| 1925 | #466 | 218 | — | |
| 1924 | #438 | 252 | — | |
| 1923 | #470 | 215 | — | |
| 1922 | #425 | 245 | — | |
| 1921 | #426 | 255 | — | |
| 1920 | #463 | 214 | — | |
| 1919 | #412 | 247 | — | |
| 1918 | #433 | 235 | — | |
| 1917 | #424 | 227 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #403 | 243 | — | |
| 1915 | #404 | 223 | — | |
| 1914 | #420 | 162 | — | |
| 1913 | #396 | 150 | — | |
| 1912 | #397 | 134 | — | |
| 1911 | #362 | 121 | — | |
| 1910 | #387 | 104 | — | |
| 1909 | #368 | 99 | — | |
| 1908 | #405 | 81 | — | |
| 1907 | #448 | 64 | — | |
| 1906 | #356 | 88 | — | |
| 1905 | #429 | 62 | — | |
| 1904 | #354 | 85 | — | |
| 1903 | #354 | 80 | — | |
| 1902 | #379 | 69 | — | |
| 1901 | #361 | 70 | — | |
| 1900 | #392 | 71 | — | |
| 1899 | #378 | 59 | — | |
| 1898 | #405 | 58 | — | |
| 1897 | #372 | 61 | — | |
| 1896 | #409 | 49 | — | |
| 1895 | #374 | 56 | — | |
| 1894 | #351 | 62 | — | |
| 1893 | #379 | 51 | — | |
| 1892 | #387 | 47 | — | |
| 1891 | #430 | 34 | — | |
| 1890 | #358 | 51 | — | |
| 1889 | #430 | 31 | — | |
| 1888 | #380 | 40 | — | |
| 1887 | #398 | 30 | — | |
| 1886 | #371 | 33 | — | |
| 1885 | #459 | 21 | — | |
| 1884 | #391 | 26 | — | |
| 1883 | #343 | 27 | — | |
| 1882 | #326 | 29 | — | |
| 1881 | #338 | 23 | — | |
| 1880 | #294 | 28 | — | |
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.
Where Leora is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#617 · 1 in 10,872
- Michigan#643 · 1 in 12,200
- Pennsylvania#706 · 1 in 17,042
- New York#856 · 1 in 20,403
Best ever in a state: #96 in Utah, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #617 | 8 | 1 in 10,872 |
| Michigan | #643 | 6 | 1 in 12,200 |
| Pennsylvania | #706 | 6 | 1 in 17,042 |
| New York | #856 | 7 | 1 in 20,403 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Leora
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #294 (28 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1947
- 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
- 17.9% of all girls named Leora (2,165) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 288 | #294 (1880) | #373 |
| 1890s | 528 | #351 (1894) | #384 |
| 1900s | 769 | #354 (1904) | #385 |
| 1910s | 1,846 | #362 (1911) | #404 |
| 1920s | 2,165 | #425 (1922) | #470 |
| 1930s | 1,304 | #532 (1931) | #582 |
| 1940s | 828 | #718 (1940) | #883 |
| 1950s | 648 | #959 (1950) | #1,254 |
| 1960s | 468 | #1,393 (1960) | #1,714 |
| 1970s | 332 | #2,175 (1971) | #2,446 |
| 1980s | 402 | #1,674 (1981) | #2,581 |
| 1990s | 379 | #2,691 (1998) | #3,121 |
| 2000s | 523 | #2,632 (2000) | #3,071 |
| 2010s | 862 | #1,677 (2018) | #2,245 |
| 2020s | 777 | #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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 19,467 of them was named Leora, which outranked 84.3% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #948Shellie89
- #948Velda89
- #948Zella89
- #959Leora88
- #959Annamarie88
- #959Ernestina88
- #959Jannette88
- #971Albertha87
- #971Amber87
- #971Elinor87
Tied with 11 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.