Leora

Girl name

Leora has been given to 12,125 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1921.

Meaning & origin

Possibly a variant of the modern Israeli name transliterated as Liora, from Hebrew, ליאורה "my light", or an American contraction of Leonora.

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

12,125

Peak year

1921 (255 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +90%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Leora.

12,261 babies since 1880

11,944 babies since 1880

11,851 babies since 1880

11,825 babies since 1880

12,468 babies since 1880

11,731 babies since 1880

12,774 babies since 1880

11,259 babies since 1883

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