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Leira

100% girls · 22 born in 2025

Leira has been given to about 436 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2017, which makes it a current name.

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Living in the US≈ 433
Median age today12 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Leira per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2017 · 28
  • Born in 202522
  • All time436

How popular is Leira?

Its best year was 2017, when 28 babies were given the name, ranking 4879th. The typical living American called Leira is about 12 years old today.

Names that sound like Leira

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Keira0.85
  2. Leila0.79
  3. Leora0.80
  4. Leia0.79
  5. Leisa0.79
  6. Leigha0.76
  7. Elvira0.75
  8. Deidra0.75

Middle names for Leira

Ranked by flow score
  1. Leira Josephine0.84
  2. Leira Rose0.83
  3. Leira June0.82
  4. Leira Pearl0.82
  5. Leira Quinn0.82
  6. Leira Nell0.82

Sibling names for Leira

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Bodebrother · 0.86
  2. Bryerbrother · 0.85
  3. Kyrenbrother · 0.85
  4. Ayaneither · 0.84
  5. Neriahsister · 0.84
  6. Elinasister · 0.84

Where Leira is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Leira White0.78
    2. Leira Reyes0.78
    3. Leira Nguyen0.78
    4. Leira Moore0.78
    5. Leira Hill0.78
    6. Leira Green0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Leira

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.