Leora Girl
How popular is Leora?
#1,352 girl name in 2025
163 baby girls were named Leora in the US in 2025, making it the 1352nd most popular girl name.
Leora popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,352 for girls (▲ 168 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 163 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+90% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,194 in 2015, #1,808 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (255 girls) |
| Highest rank | #294 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leora counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leora family of names ranked #1,123 for girls in 2025 (#1,222 the year before), with 172 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leora | 163 | 95% |
| Leorah | 9 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Leora is most popular
Babies named Leora per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (113 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Leora by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 288 | #294 |
| 1890s | 528 | #351 |
| 1900s | 769 | #354 |
| 1910s | 1,846 | #362 |
| 1920s | 2,165 | #425 |
| 1930s | 1,304 | #532 |
| 1940s | 828 | #718 |
| 1950s | 648 | #958 |
| 1960s | 468 | #1,392 |
| 1970s | 332 | #2,175 |
| 1980s | 402 | #1,674 |
| 1990s | 379 | #2,688 |
| 2000s | 523 | #2,628 |
| 2010s | 862 | #1,677 |
| 2020s | 777 | #1,352 |
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Questions
- Is Leora a boy or girl name?
- Leora is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leora were girls.
- How popular is the name Leora?
- 163 baby girls were named Leora in the US in 2025, making it the 1352nd most popular girl name.
- When was Leora most popular?
- Leora peaked in 1921, when 255 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #294 in 1880.
- How many people are named Leora?
- 12,125 babies have been named Leora in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,123 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Leora most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leora was most common in New York, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.