How Many People Are Named Lera?
people named Lera are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 441,582 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,609 babies named Lera in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
73 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of VALERIYA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lera in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lera alive today is about 50 years old, and 49% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 18 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lera first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1921, to 73 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lera has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #615, in 1905. In 2025 it ranked #9,823.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,823 |
| Best rank | #615 (1905) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #986 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lera alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lera were born in Texas than in any other state: about 18 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lera was given 11.1 times as often in Alabama, 7 times in Texas and 5.9 times in Tennessee.
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