Lera
Lera was given to 10 girls in 2025, #9,823 among girls’ names; 2,609 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lera by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lera?
#9,823 among girls’ names, 2025
Lera fell from #8,723 in 2015 to #9,823 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.3 to 6.2 per million.
73 babies in 1921, the peak
Lera peaked in 1921, when 73 girls were given it, #864 among girls’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,823 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 6 | #14,500 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,814 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #10,100 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,751 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,273 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,212 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,407 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,403 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,182 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #8,723 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,588 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,658 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,913 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,744 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,337 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,135 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #12,173 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,906 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,462 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,663 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,567 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,376 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,650 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,388 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,741 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,156 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,400 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,232 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,681 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,374 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,258 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,849 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,561 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,575 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,763 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,624 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,119 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,694 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,105 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,977 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,778 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,317 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,788 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,924 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,317 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,638 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,770 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,145 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,078 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,996 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,550 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,363 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,396 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,283 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,184 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,465 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,405 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,882 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,480 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,748 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,375 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,462 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,287 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,613 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,928 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,651 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,700 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,834 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,293 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,891 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,731 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,833 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,061 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,534 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,616 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,731 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,559 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,431 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,235 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,128 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,187 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,173 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,196 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 52 | #1,069 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 56 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 57 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 56 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 62 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 56 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 73 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 70 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 62 | #897 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 63 | #907 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 65 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 60 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 46 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 50 | #835 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 47 | #770 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 42 | #774 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 30 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 35 | #715 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 30 | #740 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 32 | #687 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 24 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 33 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 20 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 29 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 19 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 13 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 18 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 19 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 18 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 15 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 15 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 13 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 11 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 15 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 17 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 15 | #677 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,198 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 7 | #881 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lera a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lera has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lera: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lera, and how old are they?
An estimated 757 Americans named Lera and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (29% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 19 and 76. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 945 people named Lera (939 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 846 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lera born?
The states with the most babies named Lera are Texas, Alabama and Tennessee, with 83% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 249 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Alabama | 213 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| Tennessee | 102 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Kentucky | 40 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Mississippi | 37 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 23 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arkansas | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Lera is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lera is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 3.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lera with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 15,781 babies since 1880, Lera is the second most given (17% of them). In 2025 it was given to 10 of their 206 babies (4.9%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lera
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lera and names like it
- Compare Lera and LeoraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLera peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lera since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Lera.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lera alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.