Lear

Last seen for girls in 1966 at #6,564 · Last seen for boys in 2015 at #9,568
Given to girls 93.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 6 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
491
since 1886

Lear over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #993, 1886peak #9,265, 1997girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015#9,5687
2014
2013#10,7286
2012#10,7706
2011#10,8086
2010
2009#10,9946
2008
2007
2006
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2003
2002
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2000
1999
1998
1997#9,2655
1996
1995
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1993
1992
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1980
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1967
1966#6,5645
1965
1964
1963#5,8916
1962
1961
1960#5,1687
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950#5,3015
1949
1948
1947
1946#3,9947
1945
1944#4,5745
1943
1942#2,81711
1941#3,0309
1940#3,5037
1939#3,7826
1938#3,1818
1937#3,4347
1936#3,3767
1935#4,2045
1934#3,8026
1933#2,68810
1932#3,5687
1931#3,8486
1930#3,3458
1929#3,6827
1928#2,19416
1927#3,2849
1926#2,35115
1925#4,0287
1924#2,51414
1923#2,16917
1922#2,61213
1921#2,28216
1920#1,75123
1919#1,85520
1918#2,28915
1917#2,69311
1916#2,13315
1915#2,38412
1914#2,12511
1913#2,1649
1912#2,1448
1911#1,6569
1910#1,52110
1909#1,9576
1908#1,26111
1907#1,8216
1906#1,15411
1905
1904
1903#1,4407
1902#1,13310
1901#1,2278
1900#1,3199
1899#1,3946
1898#1,5026
1897#1,3856
1896
1895
1894#1,4855
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#1,2795
1888
1887
1886#9936
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Lear! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lear
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1966
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #993 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,089
  • Highest: 1 in 24,089 girls born in 1886 were named Lear (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 338,435 girls born in 1966 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 27.9% of all girls named Lear (137) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
  • Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#993 (1886)#1,136
1890s23#1,385 (1897)#1,442
1900s68#1,133 (1902)#1,414
1910s120#1,521 (1910)#2,096
1920s137#1,751 (1920)#2,687
1930s70#2,688 (1933)#3,523
1940s39#2,817 (1942)#3,584
1950s5#5,301 (1950)#5,301
1960s18#5,168 (1960)#5,874

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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