Lear is a rare variant of Leora that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Lear is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Lear was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 1920 (23 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,193 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,584 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,671 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,697 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,875 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #10,182 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #7,135 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #6,248 | — |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #5,451 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,724 | — |
| 1946 | 7 | — | #4,228 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,938 | — |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,913 | — |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #3,140 | — |
| 1940 | 7 | — | #3,693 | — |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #4,035 | — |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #3,321 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,637 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,563 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,579 | — |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #4,082 | — |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,786 | — |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,761 | — |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #4,135 | — |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,514 | — |
| 1929 | 7 | — | #3,880 | — |
| 1928 | 16 | — | #2,243 | — |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,433 | — |
| 1926 | 15 | — | #2,414 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,238 | — |
| 1924 | 14 | — | #2,605 | — |
| 1923 | 17 | — | #2,223 | — |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,688 | — |
| 1921 | 16 | — | #2,334 | — |
| 1920 | 23 | — | #1,783 | — |
| 1919 | 20 | — | #1,890 | — |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #2,330 | — |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,786 | — |
| 1916 | 15 | — | #2,184 | — |
| 1915 | 12 | — | #2,471 | — |
| 1914 | 11 | — | #2,196 | — |
| 1913 | 9 | — | #2,243 | — |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #2,258 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,722 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,574 | — |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #2,096 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #1,309 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #1,950 | — |
| 1906 | 11 | — | #1,196 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,509 | — |
| 1902 | 10 | — | #1,174 | — |
| 1901 | 8 | — | #1,281 | — |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #1,375 | — |
| 1899 | 6 | — | #1,505 | — |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,609 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,466 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,597 | — |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,390 | — |
| 1886 | 6 | — | #1,042 | — |