Leora is an established girls' name that peaked in 1921 and has grown less common since.
Leora is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,356 for girl births in the United States (and #2,550 across all names), given to 163 babies. Leora was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (255 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 163 | 163 | #1,356 | — |
| 2024 | 142 | 142 | #1,522 | — |
| 2023 | 134 | 134 | #1,579 | — |
| 2022 | 111 | 111 | #1,835 | — |
| 2021 | 118 | 118 | #1,745 | — |
| 2020 | 109 | 109 | #1,815 | — |
| 2019 | 82 | 82 | #2,245 | — |
| 2018 | 124 | 124 | #1,681 | — |
| 2017 | 106 | 106 | #1,912 | — |
| 2016 | 96 | 96 | #2,063 | — |
| 2015 | 86 | 86 | #2,204 | — |
| 2014 | 82 | 82 | #2,281 | — |
| 2013 | 73 | 73 | #2,473 | — |
| 2012 | 71 | 71 | #2,556 | — |
| 2011 | 66 | 66 | #2,682 | — |
| 2010 | 76 | 76 | #2,468 | — |
| 2009 | 63 | 63 | #2,818 | — |
| 2008 | 51 | 51 | #3,298 | — |
| 2007 | 68 | 68 | #2,698 | — |
| 2006 | 53 | 53 | #3,158 | — |
| 2005 | 41 | 41 | #3,622 | — |
| 2004 | 55 | 55 | #2,911 | — |
| 2003 | 58 | 58 | #2,726 | — |
| 2002 | 45 | 45 | #3,180 | — |
| 2001 | 33 | 33 | #3,913 | — |
| 2000 | 56 | 56 | #2,656 | — |
| 1999 | 41 | 41 | #3,169 | — |
| 1998 | 50 | 50 | #2,714 | — |
| 1997 | 38 | — | #3,133 | — |
| 1996 | 32 | — | #3,541 | — |
| 1995 | 36 | — | #3,188 | — |
| 1994 | 38 | — | #3,067 | — |
| 1993 | 30 | — | #3,638 | — |
| 1992 | 37 | — | #3,115 | — |
| 1991 | 35 | — | #3,189 | — |
| 1990 | 42 | — | #2,774 | — |
| 1989 | 28 | — | #3,623 | — |
| 1988 | 35 | — | #2,955 | — |
| 1987 | 46 | — | #2,323 | — |
| 1986 | 36 | — | #2,700 | — |
| 1985 | 36 | — | #2,681 | — |
| 1984 | 32 | — | #2,821 | — |
| 1983 | 44 | — | #2,218 | — |
| 1982 | 33 | — | #2,803 | — |
| 1981 | 68 | — | #1,689 | — |
| 1980 | 44 | — | #2,265 | — |
| 1979 | 24 | — | #3,396 | — |
| 1978 | 40 | — | #2,289 | — |
| 1977 | 34 | — | #2,534 | — |
| 1976 | 31 | — | #2,579 | — |
| 1975 | 35 | — | #2,337 | — |
| 1974 | 30 | — | #2,531 | — |
| 1973 | 35 | — | #2,249 | — |
| 1972 | 32 | — | #2,337 | — |
| 1971 | 37 | — | #2,198 | — |
| 1970 | 34 | — | #2,287 | — |
| 1969 | 42 | — | #1,946 | — |
| 1968 | 33 | — | #2,110 | — |
| 1967 | 37 | — | #1,935 | — |
| 1966 | 36 | — | #1,937 | — |
| 1965 | 56 | — | #1,492 | — |
| 1964 | 48 | — | #1,680 | — |
| 1963 | 49 | — | #1,638 | — |
| 1962 | 56 | — | #1,503 | — |
| 1961 | 49 | — | #1,620 | — |
| 1960 | 62 | — | #1,397 | — |
| 1959 | 56 | — | #1,444 | — |
| 1958 | 63 | — | #1,338 | — |
| 1957 | 70 | — | #1,259 | — |
| 1956 | 65 | — | #1,294 | — |
| 1955 | 67 | — | #1,239 | — |
| 1954 | 47 | — | #1,475 | — |
| 1953 | 55 | — | #1,316 | — |
| 1952 | 71 | — | #1,123 | — |
| 1951 | 66 | — | #1,153 | — |
| 1950 | 88 | — | #964 | — |
| 1949 | 69 | — | #1,082 | — |
| 1948 | 68 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1947 | 88 | — | #946 | — |
| 1946 | 74 | — | #974 | — |
| 1945 | 69 | — | #910 | — |
| 1944 | 85 | — | #827 | — |
| 1943 | 84 | — | #852 | — |
| 1942 | 107 | — | #723 | — |
| 1941 | 90 | — | #754 | — |
| 1940 | 94 | — | #719 | — |
| 1939 | 117 | — | #627 | — |
| 1938 | 120 | — | #627 | — |
| 1937 | 120 | — | #618 | — |
| 1936 | 120 | — | #602 | — |
| 1935 | 120 | — | #596 | — |
| 1934 | 122 | — | #593 | — |
| 1933 | 131 | — | #560 | — |
| 1932 | 146 | — | #538 | — |
| 1931 | 154 | — | #533 | — |
| 1930 | 154 | — | #550 | — |
| 1929 | 172 | — | #517 | — |
| 1928 | 171 | — | #535 | — |
| 1927 | 212 | — | #479 | — |
| 1926 | 211 | — | #478 | — |
| 1925 | 218 | — | #468 | — |
| 1924 | 252 | — | #439 | — |
| 1923 | 215 | — | #470 | — |
| 1922 | 245 | — | #425 | — |
| 1921 | 255 | — | #426 | — |
| 1920 | 214 | — | #463 | — |
| 1919 | 247 | — | #412 | — |
| 1918 | 235 | — | #433 | — |
| 1917 | 233 | — | #425 | #3,793 |
| 1916 | 243 | — | #403 | — |
| 1915 | 223 | — | #404 | — |
| 1914 | 162 | — | #420 | — |
| 1913 | 150 | — | #397 | — |
| 1912 | 134 | — | #399 | — |
| 1911 | 121 | — | #365 | — |
| 1910 | 104 | — | #389 | — |
| 1909 | 99 | — | #369 | — |
| 1908 | 81 | — | #405 | — |
| 1907 | 64 | — | #450 | — |
| 1906 | 88 | — | #357 | — |
| 1905 | 62 | — | #429 | — |
| 1904 | 85 | — | #355 | — |
| 1903 | 80 | — | #354 | — |
| 1902 | 69 | — | #380 | — |
| 1901 | 70 | — | #362 | — |
| 1900 | 71 | — | #394 | — |
| 1899 | 59 | — | #378 | — |
| 1898 | 58 | — | #407 | — |
| 1897 | 61 | — | #372 | — |
| 1896 | 49 | — | #414 | — |
| 1895 | 56 | — | #374 | — |
| 1894 | 62 | — | #353 | — |
| 1893 | 51 | — | #380 | — |
| 1892 | 47 | — | #388 | — |
| 1891 | 34 | — | #437 | — |
| 1890 | 51 | — | #359 | — |
| 1889 | 31 | — | #434 | — |
| 1888 | 40 | — | #383 | — |
| 1887 | 30 | — | #399 | — |
| 1886 | 33 | — | #374 | — |
| 1885 | 21 | — | #462 | — |
| 1884 | 26 | — | #393 | — |
| 1883 | 27 | — | #349 | — |
| 1882 | 29 | — | #332 | — |
| 1881 | 23 | — | #344 | — |
| 1880 | 28 | — | #301 | — |