The first name Lura
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 4 girls were named Lura, making it the 4,867th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Lura with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Lura at birth, 1880–2025
In 2024, 9 girls born in the United States were named Lura, the 10,763rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1917, when 230 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Lura
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- LuraCapeverdian singer, born 1975
Questions
- How popular is the name Lura?
- In 2025, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Lura, ranking 4,867th.
- Is Lura a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 9,555 US babies named Lura since 1880 were girls.
- When was Lura most popular?
- 1917 in the United States, when 230 babies were named Lura, its highest rank at 419th.