How Many People Are Named Leora?

4,980

people named Leora are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 68,631 people in the US has this name

Based on 12,125 babies named Leora in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,734

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,102

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Peak Year

1921

255 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Leora in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Leora alive today is about 39 years old, and 46% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 68 in 2025.

Under 30 2,306
46.3%
30 to 59 1,049
21.1%
60 and over 1,624
32.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Leora first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 255 babies. In 2025, 163 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Leora has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #301, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,356.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,356
Best rank#301 (1880)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#465 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Leora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Leora were born in New York than in any other state: about 772 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leora was given 3 times as often in Nebraska, 2.6 times in Utah and 2.5 times in Idaho.

New York 772
California 389
Ohio 129
New Jersey 123
Pennsylvania 111
Texas 90
Michigan 80
Illinois 80
Florida 70
Minnesota 21
Georgia 19
North Carolina 19
Indiana 18
Missouri 17
Washington 17
Mississippi 16
Iowa 15
Nebraska 14
Wisconsin 12
Maryland 11
Virginia 11
Kansas 11
Kentucky 9
Oklahoma 9
Tennessee 9
Massachusetts 8
Arizona 5
Utah 3
Oregon 3
Arkansas 3
Idaho 3
West Virginia 2
South Dakota 1
Louisiana 1
Colorado 1

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