Leara — girls' name
250 babies named Leara in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Leara was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Leara in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leara
The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Leara between 1911 and 2022, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leara performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Leara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leara 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 250 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.
Leara at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1911
- Peak year (1922)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
250 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 13 births in a single year.
Leara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 59 births that decade — 24% of Leara's all-time total
Leara decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Leara's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% 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, 1911–2022 (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.