Lourie — girls' name
575 babies named Lourie in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Lourie was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Lourie in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lourie
The Social Security Administration has registered 575 babies named Lourie between 1918 and 1984, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lourie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lourie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 310 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lourie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lourie in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lourie 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 575 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.
Lourie at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lourie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1918
- Peak year (1961)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
575 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 43 births in a single year.
Lourie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 310 births that decade — 54% of Lourie's all-time total
Lourie decade highlights
- Peak decade 310 births
- Runner-up 141 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lourie's strongest decade
310 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Lourie by state
Where Lourie concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 46 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
46 of 575 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.0% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.