Lura
Lura was last recorded in 2024, when 9 babies were given it; 9,555 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,470 Americans named Lura and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 46 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lura by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lura?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #10,758, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
230 babies in 1917, the peak
Lura peaked in 1917, when 230 girls were given it, #419 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,758 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 5 | #16,647 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,317 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,302 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,712 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,015 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,413 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,115 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,429 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,482 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12 | #9,311 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,707 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,850 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,849 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,159 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,603 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,347 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,458 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,615 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,832 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,606 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,604 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,109 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,831 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,825 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,387 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,242 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,132 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,916 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,471 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,617 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,915 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,607 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,372 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,966 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,134 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 31 | #3,019 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,792 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,111 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,296 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,989 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,825 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,461 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,616 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,608 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,644 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,241 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,350 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,175 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,996 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,866 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,777 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,066 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,824 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,964 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,802 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,173 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,455 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,675 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 59 | #1,451 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,589 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,496 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,489 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,403 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 68 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,192 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 62 | #1,233 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 66 | #1,176 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 71 | #1,106 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 77 | #1,048 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 82 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 76 | #1,003 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 103 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 98 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 80 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 57 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 70 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 75 | #910 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 64 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 84 | #766 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 73 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 85 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 81 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 74 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 103 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 99 | #674 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 82 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 116 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 124 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 125 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 118 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 122 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 162 | #557 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 141 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1925 | 169 | #553 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 175 | #552 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 177 | #537 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 193 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 184 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 188 | #508 | 0.16 |
| 1919 | 195 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1918 | 200 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1917 | 230 | #419 | 0.21 |
| 1916 | 184 | #469 | 0.18 |
| 1915 | 178 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1914 | 156 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1913 | 97 | #518 | 0.16 |
| 1912 | 118 | #434 | 0.21 |
| 1911 | 100 | #404 | 0.24 |
| 1910 | 95 | #404 | 0.24 |
| 1909 | 100 | #366 | 0.29 |
| 1908 | 97 | #367 | 0.29 |
| 1907 | 87 | #381 | 0.27 |
| 1906 | 82 | #379 | 0.28 |
| 1905 | 98 | #345 | 0.34 |
| 1904 | 93 | #337 | 0.34 |
| 1903 | 87 | #337 | 0.33 |
| 1902 | 107 | #307 | 0.41 |
| 1901 | 82 | #339 | 0.34 |
| 1900 | 87 | #361 | 0.29 |
| 1899 | 82 | #331 | 0.35 |
| 1898 | 90 | #332 | 0.35 |
| 1897 | 82 | #324 | 0.35 |
| 1896 | 94 | #301 | 0.40 |
| 1895 | 93 | #300 | 0.40 |
| 1894 | 109 | #262 | 0.49 |
| 1893 | 103 | #265 | 0.48 |
| 1892 | 83 | #297 | 0.39 |
| 1891 | 102 | #240 | 0.55 |
| 1890 | 110 | #232 | 0.58 |
| 1889 | 100 | #233 | 0.56 |
| 1888 | 91 | #245 | 0.51 |
| 1887 | 87 | #223 | 0.60 |
| 1886 | 77 | #233 | 0.53 |
| 1885 | 88 | #202 | 0.66 |
| 1884 | 73 | #225 | 0.57 |
| 1883 | 65 | #224 | 0.58 |
| 1882 | 47 | #255 | 0.44 |
| 1881 | 46 | #232 | 0.50 |
| 1880 | 53 | #212 | 0.58 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lura a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lura has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lura: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lura, and how old are they?
2,470 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 9,555 Americans ever recorded as Lura. The median Lura alive today is 65 years old; half are between 46 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 2,864 people named Lura (2,835 women and girls, 29 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,927 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 425 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 955 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 466 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 347 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 139 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 120 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lura born?
The states with the most babies named Lura are Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee and Kentucky are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 558 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Tennessee | 343 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Kentucky | 234 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 204 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Ohio | 200 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Alabama | 198 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 194 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Oklahoma | 166 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Missouri | 165 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 158 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Lura is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lura is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lura with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 10,100 babies since 1880, Lura is the most given (95% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lura
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lura and names like it
- Compare Lura and LureeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLura peaked in 1917.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lura since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Lura.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lura alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.