# Leora (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leora/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “my light” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,125 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 12,119 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 223, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possibly a variant of the modern Israeli name transliterated as Liora, from Hebrew, ליאורה "my light", or an American contraction of Leonora.

## What it means

Leora is grouped under light.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 2,682 |
| 2012 | 71 | 2,556 |
| 2013 | 73 | 2,473 |
| 2014 | 82 | 2,281 |
| 2015 | 86 | 2,204 |
| 2016 | 96 | 2,063 |
| 2017 | 106 | 1,912 |
| 2018 | 124 | 1,681 |
| 2019 | 82 | 2,245 |
| 2020 | 109 | 1,815 |
| 2021 | 118 | 1,745 |
| 2022 | 111 | 1,835 |
| 2023 | 134 | 1,579 |
| 2024 | 142 | 1,522 |
| 2025 | 163 | 1,356 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 6 | 3,793 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,541 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

## People named Leora

- Leora Dana, American actress (1923–1983)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.