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Leaira

Gender
Girl
Say it
lee-AIR-uh
Origin
Modern

Leaira is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Leaira come from?

Modern: blend of Lea and Aira

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

Leaira is a girls' name.

How popular is Leaira in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the girls named Leaira in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1991Busiest: 25 in 20062024
Leaira in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20247#12,156
20230–
20220–
20210–
20205#15,083
20196#13,793
20180–
20176#14,120
20167#12,871
20150–
20140–
201312#9,031
20129#11,251
20119#11,175
201011#9,786
200920#6,541
200812#9,472
200712#9,535
200625#5,382
200517#6,815
20048#11,617
20036#13,837
20025#15,426
20015#15,345
20000–
19996#12,681
19987#11,132
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19915#13,139

Names like Leaira

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Leaira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leaira, updated 20 October 2026.