Loura — girls' name

What the Data Says About Loura

The Social Security Administration has registered 552 babies named Loura between 1917 and 1997, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loura currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loura performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Loura shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loura in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loura in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 552 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.