Lear was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).
Lear as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1966
#6,564 (5)
1963
#5,891 (6)
1960
#5,168 (7)
1950
#5,301 (5)
1946
#3,994 (7)
1944
#4,574 (5)
1942
#2,817 (11)
1941
#3,030 (9)
1940
#3,503 (7)
1939
#3,782 (6)
1938
#3,181 (8)
1937
#3,434 (7)
1936
#3,376 (7)
1935
#4,204 (5)
1934
#3,802 (6)
The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2024 at #3,689.
First recorded in England & Wales in 2024.
How common is it?
about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.