Leire — girls' name
87 babies named Leire in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
87 girls have been named Leire since 2012, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 87
- total births
- 2012–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
56% of everyone ever named Leire was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Leire in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leire
The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Leire between 2012 and 2025, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leire currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leire performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Leire shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leire 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 87 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.
Leire at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2012
- Peak year (2018)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
87 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 15 births in a single year.
Leire by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 49 births that decade — 56% of Leire's all-time total
Leire decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leire's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 2012–2025 (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.