Recorded 1931–1957 Girls' name Peak 1931 27 births

Luray — girls' name

27 babies named Luray in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1930s61940s151950s6
1940s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Luray was born in this single decade.

1931
Single peak year

6 babies were named Luray in 1931 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Luray

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Luray between 1931 and 1957, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Luray currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Luray performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Luray shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Luray 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 27 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.

Luray at a glance

Last recorded 1957

Total births

27

Since 1931

27 years of records

Peak year

1931

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1957

Active since

1931

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 1957

Luray popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1931

Last recorded 1957
Peak year (1931)
6
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
4.555.566.5 19571944194319421931 6

Luray by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
15 births that decade — 56% of Luray's all-time total
1930s61940s151950s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Luray?
27 babies have been named Luray since 1931. It was last recorded in 1957. The peak year was 1931 with 6 births.
When was Luray most popular?
Luray was most popular in the 1940s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1931.
How long has the name Luray been used?
Luray has been recorded in Social Security data since 1931, spanning 27 years of data through 1957.
What names are similar to Luray?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lura, Lurline, Lurene, Lurlene, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1931–1957 (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.