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
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 88 births
- Debut · girls
- 53 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,550since 1880
Lura over time
Rank among girls' names. Lura has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,672 | 47 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,444 | 59 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,487 | 55 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,478 | 53 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,395 | 58 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,260 | 68 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,186 | 71 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,225 | 62 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,171 | 66 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,104 | 71 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,041 | 77 | — | |
| 1949 | #992 | 82 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,001 | 76 | — | |
| 1947 | #861 | 103 | — | |
| 1946 | #833 | 98 | — | |
| 1945 | #842 | 80 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,040 | 57 | — | |
| 1943 | #935 | 70 | — | |
| 1942 | #902 | 75 | — | |
| 1941 | #918 | 64 | — | |
| 1940 | #762 | 84 | — | |
| 1939 | #805 | 73 | — | |
| 1938 | #749 | 85 | — | |
| 1937 | #752 | 81 | — | |
| 1936 | #785 | 74 | — | |
| 1935 | #641 | 103 | — | |
| 1934 | #671 | 99 | — | |
| 1933 | #721 | 82 | — | |
| 1932 | #612 | 116 | — | |
| 1931 | #594 | 124 | — | |
| 1930 | #619 | 125 | — | |
| 1929 | #638 | 118 | — | |
| 1928 | #639 | 122 | — | |
| 1927 | #556 | 162 | — | |
| 1926 | #597 | 141 | — | |
| 1925 | #553 | 169 | — | |
| 1924 | #551 | 175 | — | |
| 1923 | #533 | 177 | — | |
| 1922 | #501 | 193 | — | |
| 1921 | #521 | 184 | — | |
| 1920 | #504 | 188 | — | |
| 1919 | #477 | 195 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #475 | 200 | — | |
| 1917 | #419 | 230 | — | |
| 1916 | #469 | 184 | — | |
| 1915 | #462 | 178 | — | |
| 1914 | #434 | 156 | — | |
| 1913 | #516 | 97 | — | |
| 1912 | #431 | 118 | — | |
| 1911 | #402 | 100 | — | |
| 1910 | #403 | 95 | — | |
| 1909 | #364 | 100 | — | |
| 1908 | #367 | 97 | — | |
| 1907 | #376 | 87 | — | |
| 1906 | #376 | 82 | — | |
| 1905 | #342 | 98 | — | |
| 1904 | #337 | 93 | — | |
| 1903 | #335 | 87 | — | |
| 1902 | #307 | 107 | — | |
| 1901 | #339 | 82 | — | |
| 1900 | #360 | 87 | — | |
| 1899 | #330 | 82 | — | |
| 1898 | #331 | 90 | — | |
| 1897 | #320 | 82 | — | |
| 1896 | #300 | 94 | — | |
| 1895 | #298 | 93 | — | |
| 1894 | #262 | 109 | — | |
| 1893 | #265 | 103 | — | |
| 1892 | #296 | 83 | — | |
| 1891 | #238 | 102 | — | |
| 1890 | #232 | 110 | — | |
| 1889 | #233 | 100 | — | |
| 1888 | #244 | 91 | — | |
| 1887 | #223 | 87 | — | |
| 1886 | #233 | 77 | — | |
| 1885 | #200 | 88 | — | |
| 1884 | #221 | 73 | — | |
| 1883 | #223 | 65 | — | |
| 1882 | #250 | 47 | — | |
| 1881 | #231 | 46 | — | |
| 1880 | #211 | 53 | — | |
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 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#396 · 1 in 3,724
- Mississippi#497 · 1 in 5,834
- Texas#813 · 1 in 11,841
- California#834 · 1 in 14,153
Best ever in a state: #181 in West Virginia, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #396 | 6 | 1 in 3,724 |
| Mississippi | #497 | 5 | 1 in 5,834 |
| Texas | #813 | 8 | 1 in 11,841 |
| California | #834 | 8 | 1 in 14,153 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1945 (#1,040 → #842)
- Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1941 (#762 → #918)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #200 (88 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 80 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1943
- 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%)
- 17.1% of all girls named Lura (1,629) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 727 | #200 (1885) | #227 |
| 1890s | 948 | #232 (1890) | #287 |
| 1900s | 920 | #307 (1902) | #350 |
| 1910s | 1,553 | #402 (1911) | #449 |
| 1920s | 1,629 | #501 (1922) | #559 |
| 1930s | 962 | #594 (1931) | #695 |
| 1940s | 789 | #762 (1940) | #909 |
| 1950s | 626 | #1,041 (1950) | #1,280 |
| 1960s | 470 | #1,443 (1964) | #1,707 |
| 1970s | 283 | #1,979 (1973) | #2,785 |
| 1980s | 252 | #2,774 (1981) | #3,626 |
| 1990s | 154 | #4,393 (1993) | #6,869 |
| 2000s | 98 | #5,937 (2000) | #10,350 |
| 2010s | 93 | #7,840 (2017) | #10,090 |
| 2020s | 46 | #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 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 20,864 of them was named Lura, which outranked 83.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #982Lindsay83
- #982Margarett83
- #982Zella83
- #992Lura82
- #992Dorinda82
- #992Edythe82
- #992Ernestina82
- #1,000Carolee81
- #1,000Ginny81
- #1,000Marylee81
Tied with 7 names at #992; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.