Ledora — girls' name
498 babies named Ledora in U.S. Social Security records since 1896, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Ledora was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Ledora in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ledora
The Social Security Administration has registered 498 babies named Ledora between 1896 and 1984, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ledora currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ledora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ledora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 113 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ledora in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ledora 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 498 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.
Ledora at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ledora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1896
- Peak year (1925)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 89 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
498 total births across 89 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 20 births in a single year.
Ledora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 119 births that decade — 24% of Ledora's all-time total
Ledora decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ledora's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Ledora by state
Where Ledora concentrates geographically — total births since 1896
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 113 | 22.7% |
113 of 498 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 22.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 22.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1896–1984 (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.