# Lura (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lura/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,555 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 9,550 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 10 | 11,164 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,855 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,856 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,712 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,316 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,487 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,434 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,119 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,418 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,020 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,717 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,307 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,322 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,653 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,763 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 5 | 4,552 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Lura

- Lura, Capeverdian singer

## 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.