Lurlean — girls' name
308 babies named Lurlean in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Lurlean was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Lurlean in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lurlean
The Social Security Administration has registered 308 babies named Lurlean between 1911 and 1961, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lurlean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lurlean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lurlean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lurlean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lurlean 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 308 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.
Lurlean at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lurlean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1911
- Peak year (1920)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
308 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 18 births in a single year.
Lurlean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 106 births that decade — 34% of Lurlean's all-time total
Lurlean decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lurlean's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Lurlean by state
Where Lurlean concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 308 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.6% 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, 1911–1961 (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.