girl's name

Leara

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 256

Leara is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1922, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1911.

Leara over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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Births named Leara by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 26
1920s 51
1930s 11
1940s 5
1970s 5
1990s 31
2000s 59
2010s 55
2020s (to 2022) 7

How popular is Leara?

In 2022, Leara was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Leara is used

England & Wales #7,482 3 in 2025
United States #13,402 7 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Leara

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Leara also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Leara over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Leara

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Leara — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Leara

How popular is the name Leara?

In 2022, Leara was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Leara a girl's or a boy's name?

Leara is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Leara most popular?

Leara peaked in 1922, when 13 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Leara a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Leara currently ranks #7,482 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.