Leora

#1,352 for girls in 2025, 163 births · Last seen for boys in 1917 at #3,545
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 28 births
Debut · girls
28 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,119
since 1880

Leora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leora has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201901peak #294, 1880girls
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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#1,352163—
2024#1,520142—
2023#1,578134—
2022#1,828111—
2021#1,739118—
2020#1,808109—
2019#2,23182—
2018#1,677124—
2017#1,902106—
2016#2,05496—
2015#2,19486—
2014#2,26782—
2013#2,45873—
2012#2,54871—
2011#2,66466—
2010#2,45176—
2009#2,80063—
2008#3,26751—
2007#2,68468—
2006#3,13653—
2005#3,58741—
2004#2,88955—
2003#2,70758—
2002#3,14645—
2001#3,86433—
2000#2,63256—
1999#3,14841—
1998#2,69150—
1997#3,10538—
1996#3,50532—
1995#3,15236—
1994#3,03838—
1993#3,58530—
1992#3,09137—
1991#3,15935—
1990#2,73742—
1989#3,56628—
1988#2,93135—
1987#2,30946—
1986#2,68236—
1985#2,65736—
1984#2,78132—
1983#2,19844—
1982#2,77033—
1981#1,67468—
1980#2,24644—
1979#3,33324—
1978#2,26940—
1977#2,51534—
1976#2,54631—
1975#2,32135—
1974#2,49730—
1973#2,22335—
1972#2,31132—
1971#2,17537—
1970#2,26734—
1969#1,92742—
1968#2,09133—
1967#1,92137—
1966#1,91636—
1965#1,48956—
1964#1,66648—
1963#1,62349—
1962#1,49756—
1961#1,61249—
1960#1,39362—
1959#1,43556—
1958#1,33363—
1957#1,25470—
1956#1,28765—
1955#1,22967—
1954#1,46547—
1953#1,31255—
1952#1,11971—
1951#1,15166—
1950#95988—
1949#1,07769—
1948#1,07068—
1947#94288—
1946#97074—
1945#90469—
1944#82785—
1943#84984—
1942#720107—
1941#75190—
1940#71894—
1939#623117—
1938#625120—
1937#615120—
1936#600120—
1935#592120—
1934#591122—
1933#558131—
1932#537146—
1931#532154—
1930#550154—
1929#516172—
1928#535171—
1927#479212—
1926#477211—
1925#466218—
1924#438252—
1923#470215—
1922#425245—
1921#426255—
1920#463214—
1919#412247—
1918#433235—
1917#424227#3,5456
1916#403243—
1915#404223—
1914#420162—
1913#396150—
1912#397134—
1911#362121—
1910#387104—
1909#36899—
1908#40581—
1907#44864—
1906#35688—
1905#42962—
1904#35485—
1903#35480—
1902#37969—
1901#36170—
1900#39271—
1899#37859—
1898#40558—
1897#37261—
1896#40949—
1895#37456—
1894#35162—
1893#37951—
1892#38747—
1891#43034—
1890#35851—
1889#43031—
1888#38040—
1887#39830—
1886#37133—
1885#45921—
1884#39126—
1883#34327—
1882#32629—
1881#33823—
1880#29428—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Leora was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 30 girls a year got the name.

Where Leora is popular in 1901

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Leora
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 168 spots since 2024 (#1,520 → #1,352)
  • 456 spots since 2020 (#1,808 → #1,352)
  • 842 spots since 2015 (#2,194 → #1,352)
  • Biggest jump: 118 spots in 1950 (#1,077 → #959)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1951 (#959 → #1,151)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #294 (28 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,240
  • Highest: 1 in 3,240 girls born in 1904 were named Leora (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,861 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #294 in 1880, was only 1 in 3,250 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.9% of all girls named Leora (2,165) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s288#294 (1880)#373
1890s528#351 (1894)#384
1900s769#354 (1904)#385
1910s1,846#362 (1911)#404
1920s2,165#425 (1922)#470
1930s1,304#532 (1931)#582
1940s828#718 (1940)#883
1950s648#959 (1950)#1,254
1960s468#1,393 (1960)#1,714
1970s332#2,175 (1971)#2,446
1980s402#1,674 (1981)#2,581
1990s379#2,691 (1998)#3,121
2000s523#2,632 (2000)#3,071
2010s862#1,677 (2018)#2,245
2020s777#1,352 (2025)#1,638

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.

Leora in 1901

girls
#361
70 births · 1 in 3,419 girls

Top girls' names in 1901

  1. #1Mary13,136
  2. #2Helen5,247
  3. #3Anna4,923
  4. #4Margaret4,424
  5. #5Ruth3,974
  6. #6Elizabeth3,216
  7. #7Marie3,157
  8. #8Florence3,131
  9. #9Ethel3,067
  10. #10Lillian2,681
  11. #361Leora70
More about 1901

girls

239,345 girls got a published name in 1901; 1 in 3,419 of them was named Leora, which outranked 81.4% of the 1,943 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leora
  1. #356Maybelle73
  2. #359Priscilla72
  3. #360Alpha71
  4. #361Leora70
  5. #361Isabell70
  6. #363Nona69
  7. #364Dolores68
  8. #364Georgie68

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,051Dellie#1,932 → #881
  2. ↑ 971Oneta#1,932 → #961
  3. ↑ 805Trula#1,723 → #918
  4. ↑ 762Dannie#1,723 → #961
  5. ↑ 704Thea#1,561 → #857
Fallers
  1. ↓ 846Leonore#833 → #1,679
  2. ↓ 709Syble#970 → #1,679
  3. ↓ 663Dellar#803 → #1,466
  4. ↓ 634Portia#705 → #1,339
  5. ↓ 633Dana#833 → #1,466

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1901 →