Girls' name · since 1911
Eara
83 babies named Eara in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1911
- 1910s
- peak decade
83 girls have been named Eara since 1911, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Eara recorded 83 times among girls since 1911, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1942.
- #29,220 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 83 born since 1911
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eara ranks #29,220 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 83 born since 1911, peaking in the 1910s.
- #29,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1911
- 1910s
- peak decade
Eara's 83 recorded births place it above 59.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eara splits its recorded history at 1926: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1942
- Peak year (1919)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Eara by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (29 births, 35% of the file).
1910s was Eara's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Eara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
29 births
- 1920s
1920s
20 births
- 1930s
1930s
29 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 29 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Eara's decade-level peak was the 1910s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1911–1942 (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 Eara 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.