Leira — #9177 US girls' name
413 babies named Leira in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Leira was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Leira in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leira
The Social Security Administration has registered 413 babies named Leira between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leira currently holds the #9177 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leira performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Leira shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Leira in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leira 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 413 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.
Leira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2017)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #9177 among girls.
413 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 28 births in a single year.
Leira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 207 births that decade — 50% of Leira's all-time total
Leira decade highlights
- Peak decade 207 births
- Runner-up 100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leira's strongest decade
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Leira by state
Where Leira concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.9% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.9% 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, 1992–2024 (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.