Leora

“Possibly my light” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #1356 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Leora holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1356 in 2025). About 12,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Across the Northeast it runs about twice its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,700 girls in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 6,800 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 8,100 girls in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Leoras

Leora Dana — American actress (1923–1983)
Leora Spellman — American actress (1890-1945)
Leora Klapper — American economist
Leora Bilsky — Israeli legal scholar
Leora Auslander — Professor of European Social History, University of Chicago

What Leoras become

Among 32 notable people named Leora:

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