Lera
Girl · LAIR-a · Latin
Lera is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “to be strong”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Lera mean?
Latin: Russian pet form of Valeriya
“to be strong”
A Russian pet form of Valeriya, the Russian form of Valeria, from Latin valere, to be strong.
- Say it
- LAIR-a
Is Lera a girl's or a boy's name?
Lera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Lera, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Lera in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1948, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,807 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,866 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,702 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,518 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,585 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,539 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,413 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,219 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,372 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,123 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,175 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,161 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,094 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,190 |
| 1927 | 52 | #1,066 |
| 1926 | 56 | #997 |
| 1925 | 57 | #988 |
| 1924 | 56 | #1,031 |
| 1923 | 62 | #928 |
| 1922 | 56 | #997 |
| 1921 | 73 | #862 |
| 1920 | 70 | #865 |
| 1919 | 62 | #890 |
| 1918 | 63 | #900 |
| 1917 | 65 | #849 |
| 1916 | 60 | #877 |
| 1915 | 46 | #979 |
| 1914 | 50 | #827 |
| 1913 | 47 | #767 |
| 1912 | 42 | #770 |
| 1911 | 30 | #790 |
| 1910 | 35 | #710 |
| 1909 | 30 | #731 |
| 1908 | 32 | #678 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | 24 | #742 |
| 1905 | 33 | #609 |
| 1904 | 20 | #805 |
| 1903 | 29 | #607 |
| 1902 | 19 | #797 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 18 | #885 |
| 1899 | 19 | #728 |
| 1898 | 18 | #790 |
| 1897 | 15 | #826 |
| 1896 | 15 | #843 |
| 1895 | 11 | #986 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 11 | #901 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 17 | #620 |
| 1888 | 15 | #663 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
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