Allura
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LOOR-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Allura is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “allure; charm”. In 2025 it ranked 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Allura mean?
Modern: from English allure; Princess Allura is a heroine of the Voltron cartoons
“allure; charm”
Is Allura a girl's or a boy's name?
Allura is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Allura in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Allura, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Allura in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were given Allura or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,201, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Allura 43
- Alura 24
Allura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
Names like Allura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alora, Amara, Amira, Amoura, Amora, Alara, Ximena, Avianna, Solana, Alaya, Ayla, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Allura
Names related to Allura
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Allura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/allura, updated 20 October 2026.