# Lourdes (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lourdes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /lʊɹd(z)/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,874 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 69 / 14,805 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 191, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Lourdes, corruption of Medieval Latin Lorus (778), the baptismal name taken by a Moorish leader who converted to Christianity, though of unknown ultimate meaning. The town in Newfoundland is named after the town in France.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 111 | 1,825 |
| 2012 | 100 | 1,965 |
| 2013 | 119 | 1,741 |
| 2014 | 98 | 2,020 |
| 2015 | 90 | 2,135 |
| 2016 | 99 | 2,010 |
| 2017 | 93 | 2,092 |
| 2018 | 91 | 2,108 |
| 2019 | 70 | 2,528 |
| 2020 | 75 | 2,366 |
| 2021 | 70 | 2,527 |
| 2022 | 84 | 2,240 |
| 2023 | 73 | 2,459 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,762 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,917 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 5 | 4,397 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,805 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,454 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,575 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,349 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,504 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,789 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,884 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,942 |
| 1986 | 8 | 5,144 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,716 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,729 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## In other languages

- Spanish: (María de) Lourdes

## People named Lourdes

- Lourdes Benedicto, American actress
- María Lourdes Carlé, Argentine tennis player
- Lourdes J. Cruz, Filipino biochemist
- Lourdes Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
- Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban professional baseball player
- Lourdes Munguía, actress
- Lourdes Leon, American singer, dancer, and fashion model
- Lourdes Oñederra, Basque writer
- Lovi Poe, Filipino actress and singer (born 1991)
- Jackie Lou Blanco, Filipino actress
- Nancy Binay, Filipino politician
- Daisy Avellana, Filipino actress (1917-2013)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.