Leora
Leora is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 140 births. Its best rank was 301st, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1400.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921255 births
- Best rank
- #301in 1880
- Since 1880
- 11,955people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,955 girls have been named Leora in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 255 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 69 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Leora | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 288 | |
| 1890s | 528 | |
| 1900s | 769 | |
| 1910s | 1,846 | |
| 1920s | 2,165 | |
| 1930s | 1,304 | |
| 1940s | 828 | |
| 1950s | 648 | |
| 1960s | 468 | |
| 1970s | 333 | |
| 1980s | 402 | |
| 1990s | 379 | |
| 2000s | 523 | |
| 2010s | 862 | |
| 2020s | 612 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Leora was the 426th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Leora
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Agathapeak 1918
- Josephinepeak 1918
- Unapeak 1921
- Alicepeak 1921
- Elvinapeak 1920
- Easterpeak 1925
- Eudorapeak 1923
- Luellapeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.