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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 491since 1886
Lear over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
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| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
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| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
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| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
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| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
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| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
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| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
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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.
Where Lear is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lear in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #993 (1886) | #1,136 |
| 1890s | 23 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,442 |
| 1900s | 68 | #1,133 (1902) | #1,414 |
| 1910s | 120 | #1,521 (1910) | #2,096 |
| 1920s | 137 | #1,751 (1920) | #2,687 |
| 1930s | 70 | #2,688 (1933) | #3,523 |
| 1940s | 39 | #2,817 (1942) | #3,584 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,301 (1950) | #5,301 |
| 1960s | 18 | #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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