Recorded 1887–1984 Girls' name Peak 1916 185 births

Tura — girls' name

185 babies named Tura in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1910s
Peak decade

17% of everyone ever named Tura was born in this single decade.

1916
Single peak year

9 babies were named Tura in 1916 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tura

The Social Security Administration has registered 185 babies named Tura between 1887 and 1984, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tura currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tura performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Tura shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tura 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 185 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.

Tura at a glance

Last recorded 1984

Total births

185

Since 1887

98 years of records

Peak year

1916

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1984

Active since

1887

Recorded for 98 years

Last year on file: 1984

Tura popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1887

Last recorded 1984
Peak year (1916)
9
Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
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Tura by decade

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

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
32 births that decade — 17% of Tura's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tura?
185 babies have been named Tura since 1887. It was last recorded in 1984. The peak year was 1916 with 9 births.
When was Tura most popular?
Tura was most popular in the 1910s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
How long has the name Tura been used?
Tura has been recorded in Social Security data since 1887, spanning 98 years of data through 1984.
What names are similar to Tura?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Turquoise, Turner, Turkessa, Turkesha, 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, 1887–1984 (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.