Lealer — girls' name
262 babies named Lealer in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Lealer was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Lealer in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lealer
The Social Security Administration has registered 262 babies named Lealer between 1893 and 1941, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lealer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lealer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lealer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lealer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lealer 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 262 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.
Lealer at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lealer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1893
- Peak year (1921)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
262 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 14 births in a single year.
Lealer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 89 births that decade — 34% of Lealer's all-time total
Lealer decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Lealer's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Lealer by state
Where Lealer concentrates geographically — total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 262 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1893–1941 (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.