Lera — #13459 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lera

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,599 babies named Lera between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lera currently holds the #13459 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lera performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 568 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 249 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Lera in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lera 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 2,599 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.