Girls' name · since 1936
Lurae
95 babies named Lurae in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,683 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1936
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lurae is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 95 have been recorded since 1936.
Lurae has 95 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1968.
- #27,683 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 95 born since 1936
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lurae ranks #27,683 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 1936, peaking in the 1950s.
- #27,683 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1936
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lurae's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lurae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lurae splits its recorded history at 1954: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1937 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lurae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1968
- Peak year (1953)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Lurae by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (43 births, 45% of the file).
1950s was Lurae's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Lurae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
25 births
- 1950s
1950s
43 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 43 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Lurae's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 1960s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lurae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1936–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lurae draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.