Lura

Girl · recorded 1880–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1885best year

Most popular in 1885.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

033166118801916195219882024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 143 recorded years as a table
Lura, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880582
1881500
1882436
1883579
1884566
1885661
1886533
1887596
1888509
1889561
1890578
1891550
1892391
1893484
1894489
1895398
1896395
1897350
1898348
1899352
1900290
1901343
1902405
1903332
1904338
1905336
1906278
1907273
1908290
1909288
1910240
1911239
1912211
1913155
1914205
1915181
1916176
1917213
1918173
1919173
1920157
1921149
1922161
1923147
1924140
1925139
1926119
1927136
1928106
1929106
1930111
1931116
1932109
193381
193495
193598
193671
193776
193877
193967
194073
194153
194256
194350
194443
194561
194662
194758
194845
194948
195045
195139
195236
195333
195427
195536
195634
195723
195829
195926
196027
196125
196230
196324
196432
196523
196618
196725
196823
196927
197023
197116
197216
197328
197415
197514
197615
197721
197822
197914
198014
198119
198218
198315
198417
198513
198618
198717
198810
19897
199011
199111
199212
199313
19947
19959
19969
19975
19987
19993
200010
20014
20027
20037
20044
20055
20073
20089
20095
20105
20125
20136
20147
20155
20165
20178
20188
20195
20205
20217
20228
20233
20246

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lura isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
9
Rank in 2024
#10,271
How rare
1 in 180,021 girls
Since 1880
9,550

Lura was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1885, at 661 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lura doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.