Lura
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOOR-a
Lura is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Lura come from?
19th-century American name, perhaps a variant of Laura
Is Lura a girl's or a boy's name?
Lura is a girls' name.
How popular is Lura in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1917, with 230 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lura in the US since 1880 were born between 1907 and 1945, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,979 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,043 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,940 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,783 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,146 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,443 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,671 |
| 1962 | 59 | #1,444 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,486 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,477 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,394 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,549 |
| 1956 | 68 | #1,259 |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,185 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,391 |
| 1953 | 62 | #1,224 |
| 1952 | 66 | #1,170 |
| 1951 | 71 | #1,103 |
| 1950 | 77 | #1,040 |
| 1949 | 82 | #991 |
| 1948 | 76 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 103 | #860 |
| 1946 | 98 | #832 |
| 1945 | 80 | #842 |
| 1944 | 57 | #1,039 |
| 1943 | 70 | #935 |
| 1942 | 75 | #902 |
| 1941 | 64 | #918 |
| 1940 | 84 | #762 |
| 1939 | 73 | #805 |
| 1938 | 85 | #749 |
| 1937 | 81 | #752 |
| 1936 | 74 | #785 |
| 1935 | 103 | #641 |
| 1934 | 99 | #671 |
| 1933 | 82 | #721 |
| 1932 | 116 | #612 |
| 1931 | 124 | #594 |
| 1930 | 125 | #619 |
| 1929 | 118 | #638 |
| 1928 | 122 | #639 |
| 1927 | 162 | #556 |
| 1926 | 141 | #597 |
| 1925 | 169 | #553 |
| 1924 | 175 | #551 |
| 1923 | 177 | #533 |
| 1922 | 193 | #501 |
| 1921 | 184 | #521 |
| 1920 | 188 | #504 |
| 1919 | 195 | #477 |
| 1918 | 200 | #475 |
| 1917 | 230 | #419 |
| 1916 | 184 | #469 |
| 1915 | 178 | #462 |
| 1914 | 156 | #434 |
| 1913 | 97 | #516 |
| 1912 | 118 | #431 |
| 1911 | 100 | #402 |
| 1910 | 95 | #403 |
| 1909 | 100 | #364 |
| 1908 | 97 | #367 |
| 1907 | 87 | #376 |
| 1906 | 82 | #376 |
| 1905 | 98 | #342 |
| 1904 | 93 | #337 |
| 1903 | 87 | #335 |
| 1902 | 107 | #307 |
| 1901 | 82 | #339 |
| 1900 | 87 | #360 |
| 1899 | 82 | #330 |
| 1898 | 90 | #331 |
| 1897 | 82 | #320 |
| 1896 | 94 | #300 |
| 1895 | 93 | #298 |
| 1894 | 109 | #262 |
| 1893 | 103 | #265 |
| 1892 | 83 | #296 |
| 1891 | 102 | #238 |
| 1890 | 110 | #232 |
| 1889 | 100 | #233 |
| 1888 | 91 | #244 |
| 1887 | 87 | #223 |
| 1886 | 77 | #233 |
| 1885 | 88 | #200 |
| 1884 | 73 | #221 |
| 1883 | 65 | #223 |
| 1882 | 47 | #250 |
| 1881 | 46 | #231 |
| 1880 | 53 | #211 |
Names like Lura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Rosa, Flora, Luella, Lena, Louisa, Vera, Alma, Anna, Lula, Laura, Eva
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, “Lura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lura, updated 20 October 2026.