Lura

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · Last seen for boys in 1919 at #4,168
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1885 · 88 births
Debut · girls
53 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,550
since 1880

Lura over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lura has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #200, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025——
2024#10,2719—
2023#15,1945—
2022#8,03213—
2021#8,97811—
2020#11,0908—
2019#10,4739—
2018#8,14613—
2017#7,84014—
2016#11,7818—
2015#10,8669—
2014#8,96612—
2013#10,23510—
2012#11,2579—
2011——
2010#11,2469—
2009#10,67910—
2008#7,40817—
2007#17,6365—
2006——
2005#10,9219—
2004#12,7617—
2003#8,50512—
2002#8,28012—
2001#11,0208—
2000#5,93718—
1999#14,4115—
1998#7,53212—
1997#9,8028—
1996#6,06415—
1995#5,95815—
1994#6,67213—
1993#4,39323—
1992#4,52822—
1991#4,80820—
1990#4,52321—
1989#6,16013—
1988#4,84017—
1987#3,10130—
1986#2,97331—
1985#3,73022—
1984#3,06928—
1983#3,24225—
1982#2,95930—
1981#2,77432—
1980#3,41124—
1979#3,54122—
1978#2,57233—
1977#2,60632—
1976#3,18822—
1975#3,25921—
1974#3,11022—
1973#1,97941—
1972#2,82024—
1971#2,73626—
1970#2,04340—
1969#1,80946—
1968#1,94038—
1967#1,78342—
1966#2,14730—
1965#1,76841—
1964#1,44361—
1963#1,67247—
1962#1,44459—
1961#1,58051—
1960#1,48755—
1959#1,47853—
1958#1,39558—
1957#1,55048—
1956#1,26068—
1955#1,18671—
1954#1,39252—
1953#1,22562—
1952#1,17166—
1951#1,10471—
1950#1,04177—
1949#99282—
1948#1,00176—
1947#861103—
1946#83398—
1945#84280—
1944#1,04057—
1943#93570—
1942#90275—
1941#91864—
1940#76284—
1939#80573—
1938#74985—
1937#75281—
1936#78574—
1935#641103—
1934#67199—
1933#72182—
1932#612116—
1931#594124—
1930#619125—
1929#638118—
1928#639122—
1927#556162—
1926#597141—
1925#553169—
1924#551175—
1923#533177—
1922#501193—
1921#521184—
1920#504188—
1919#477195#4,1685
1918#475200—
1917#419230—
1916#469184—
1915#462178—
1914#434156—
1913#51697—
1912#431118—
1911#402100—
1910#40395—
1909#364100—
1908#36797—
1907#37687—
1906#37682—
1905#34298—
1904#33793—
1903#33587—
1902#307107—
1901#33982—
1900#36087—
1899#33082—
1898#33190—
1897#32082—
1896#30094—
1895#29893—
1894#262109—
1893#265103—
1892#29683—
1891#238102—
1890#232110—
1889#233100—
1888#24491—
1887#22387—
1886#23377—
1885#20088—
1884#22173—
1883#22365—
1882#25047—
1881#23146—
1880#21153—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lura was already there! It came in at #211, and was given to 53 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2006–2007, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lura is popular in 1946

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedIAIndiana: #448 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,279 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #579 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,638 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedARTennessee: #414 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,154 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lura, so not publishedHITexas: #616 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,390 girlsTXFlorida: #462 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,873 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#414 · 1 in 5,154
  2. Indiana#448 · 1 in 6,279
  3. Florida#462 · 1 in 4,873
  4. California#579 · 1 in 7,638
  5. Texas#616 · 1 in 6,390

Best ever in a state: #181 in West Virginia, 1911.

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Tennessee#41471 in 5,154
Indiana#44861 in 6,279
Florida#46251 in 4,873
California#579131 in 7,638
Texas#616131 in 6,390
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lura
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1945 (#1,040 → #842)
  • Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1941 (#762 → #918)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #200 (88 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 80 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 68 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,512
  • Highest: 1 in 1,512 girls born in 1885 were named Lura (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 180,021 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.1% of all girls named Lura (1,629) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s727#200 (1885)#227
1890s948#232 (1890)#287
1900s920#307 (1902)#350
1910s1,553#402 (1911)#449
1920s1,629#501 (1922)#559
1930s962#594 (1931)#695
1940s789#762 (1940)#909
1950s626#1,041 (1950)#1,280
1960s470#1,443 (1964)#1,707
1970s283#1,979 (1973)#2,785
1980s252#2,774 (1981)#3,626
1990s154#4,393 (1993)#6,869
2000s98#5,937 (2000)#10,350
2010s93#7,840 (2017)#10,090
2020s46#8,032 (2022)#10,713

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lura in 1946

girls
#833
98 births · 1 in 16,034 girls

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #833Lura98
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 16,034 of them was named Lura, which outranked 85.3% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lura
  1. #828Delma100
  2. #831Karyn99
  3. #831Rona99
  4. #833Lura98
  5. #833Allene98
  6. #833Amber98
  7. #833Nicki98
  8. #839Alene97
  9. #839Janey97
  10. #839Luanne97

Tied with 5 names at #833; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,830Jacalyn#2,742 → #912
  2. ↑ 914Kimberly#1,621 → #707
  3. ↑ 615Suzette#1,032 → #417
  4. ↑ 538Randi#1,356 → #818
  5. ↑ 528Dayle#1,356 → #828
Fallers
  1. ↓ 335Oma#941 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 324Iola#824 → #1,148
  3. ↓ 324Artie#994 → #1,318
  4. ↓ 303Eartha#954 → #1,257
  5. ↓ 301Willia#830 → #1,131

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1946 →