Lurleen — girls' name
126 babies named Lurleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Lurleen was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Lurleen in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lurleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Lurleen between 1913 and 1969, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lurleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lurleen performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lurleen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lurleen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lurleen 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 126 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.
Lurleen at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lurleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1913
- Peak year (1968)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
126 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 20 births in a single year.
Lurleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 52 births that decade — 41% of Lurleen's all-time total
Lurleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lurleen's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Lurleen by state
Where Lurleen concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 4.0% |
5 of 126 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 4.0% 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, 1913–1969 (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.