Lura — #10243 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lura

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,550 babies named Lura between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lura currently holds the #10243 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 230 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lura performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,629 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lura shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 558 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Lura in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lura 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 9,550 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.