Alura
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LOOR-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Alura is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “allure; charm”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Alura mean?
Modern: spelling of Allura; from English allure; Princess Allura is a heroine of the Voltron cartoons
“allure; charm”
Meaning borrowed from Allura.
Is Alura a girl's or a boy's name?
Alura is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alura in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Alura, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1932.
Half of all the girls named Alura in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were given Alura or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,201, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
- Allura 43
- Alura 24
Alura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 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 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
Names like Alura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alora, Ximena, Solana, Amara, Amora, Ariana, Amaria, Alara, Amira, Avianna, Azura, Xiomara
Other spellings of Alura
Names related to Alura
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, “Alura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alura, updated 20 October 2026.