Leira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-ra
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Leira is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
Where does Leira come from?
Modern: variant of Lyra or Leyra; in Galician leira means a farm plot
Is Leira a girl's or a boy's name?
Leira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Leira, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had more girls named Leira than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Leira in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Leira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Zayla Braelynn Lakelynn Lyanna Teagan Amoura Ayra Safa Lennon Rynlee Raelynn
Names related to Leira
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Leira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leira, updated 20 October 2026.