Lear

Girl · recorded 1886–1966

  • 1966last recorded
  • 1886best year

Most popular in 1886.

Last recorded in 1966. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1886

0214218861906192619461966

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 53 recorded years as a table
Lear, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188642
188928
189422
189726
189823
189926
190030
190133
190238
190327
190637
190719
190833
190917
191025
191122
191214
191314
191414
191512
191614
191710
191813
191918
192019
192113
192211
192314
192411
19256
192613
19278
192814
19296
19307
19316
19327
193310
19346
19355
19367
19377
19387
19395
19406
19417
19428
19444
19464
19503
19603
19633
19663

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lear isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1966
5
Rank in 1966
#6,564
How rare
1 in 338,435 girls
Since 1886
491

Lear was last recorded in 1966. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1886, at 42 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lear doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.