Girls' name · since 1915
Ledra
Ledra has 25 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #43,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
25 girls have been named Ledra since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ledra has 25 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1959.
- #43,229 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1915
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ledra ranks #43,229 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1915, peaking in the 1950s.
- #43,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ledra's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ledra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ledra splits its recorded history at 1958: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ledra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1959
- Peak year (1959)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Ledra by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (16 births, 64% of the file).
1950s was Ledra's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Ledra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
9 births
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 16 births (64% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ledra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1915–1959 (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 Ledra 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.