Leaira — #12579 US girls' name
200 babies named Leaira in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Leaira was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Leaira in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leaira
The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Leaira between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leaira currently holds the #12579 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leaira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Leaira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leaira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 200 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Leaira at a glance
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Current rank
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Leaira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2006)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #12579 among girls.
200 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 25 births in a single year.
Leaira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 110 births that decade — 55% of Leaira's all-time total
Leaira decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Leaira's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.