Lourdes

#2,895 for girls in 2025, 58 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1963 · 333 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,805
since 1916

Lourdes over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lourdes has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #532, 1963girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,89558—
2024#2,74962—
2023#2,44273—
2022#2,22884—
2021#2,51070—
2020#2,34175—
2019#2,50870—
2018#2,09891—
2017#2,08793—
2016#1,99699—
2015#2,12390—
2014#2,01098—
2013#1,737119—
2012#1,955100—
2011#1,817111—
2010#1,794114—
2009#1,444161—
2008#1,445163—
2007#1,257196—
2006#1,260190—
2005#1,154201—
2004#1,043222—
2003#1,053216—
2002#1,020213—
2001#874262—
2000#962220—
1999#889240—
1998#888237—
1997#930213—
1996#1,112163—
1995#998188—
1994#934200—
1993#938201—
1992#842236—
1991#946201—
1990#905212#7,1786
1989#982176#7,9055
1988#990166—
1987#993158—
1986#947167#4,8538
1985#833195—
1984#923161#6,3155
1983#756214—
1982#747223—
1981#807198#6,2625
1980#805201—
1979#864179#5,3556
1978#782195#5,0596
1977#761199—
1976#684216#4,9356
1975#699212—
1974#687214—
1973#692215#5,1015
1972#667224#4,9865
1971#603284—
1970#591297—
1969#601274#3,5957
1968#552309—
1967#537305—
1966#532314—
1965#562286—
1964#547327#4,0395
1963#532333—
1962#539329—
1961#585298—
1960#581289—
1959#645240—
1958#639237—
1957#798160—
1956#799154—
1955#811142—
1954#812134—
1953#867117—
1952#884109—
1951#95295—
1950#97187—
1949#1,08868—
1948#1,54836—
1947#1,33747—
1946#1,30644—
1945#1,74323—
1944#1,51929—
1943#1,83422—
1942#2,31115—
1941#2,27214—
1940#1,96517—
1939#1,94717—
1938#1,59623—
1937#1,91417—
1936#1,80118—
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1934#1,91317—
1933#2,16114—
1932#2,03716—
1931#2,02416—
1930#2,30614—
1929#1,76621—
1928#1,89720—
1927#2,85911—
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1925#2,61713—
1924#3,3939—
1923#3,3509—
1922#2,61213—
1921#4,4646—
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Lourdes! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lourdes is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedMNIllinois: #624 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,267 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedMINew York: #295 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 1,704 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #285 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,674 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #432 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 2,828 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedDEArizona: #438 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,491 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lourdes, so not publishedHITexas: #453 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,894 girlsTXFlorida: #229 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,190 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#229 · 1 in 1,190
  2. New Jersey#285 · 1 in 1,674
  3. New York#295 · 1 in 1,704
  4. California#432 · 1 in 2,828
  5. Arizona#438 · 1 in 2,491

Best ever in a state: #159 in Hawaii, 1926.

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Florida#229401 in 1,190
New Jersey#285301 in 1,674
New York#295831 in 1,704
California#432581 in 2,828
Arizona#43861 in 2,491
Texas#453361 in 2,894
Illinois#624141 in 6,267
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lourdes
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 146 spots since 2024 (#2,749 → #2,895)
  • 554 spots since 2020 (#2,341 → #2,895)
  • 772 spots since 2015 (#2,123 → #2,895)
  • Biggest jump: 182 spots in 1997 (#1,112 → #930)
  • Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1984 (#756 → #923)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1963 at #532 (333 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1950–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,309
  • Highest: 1 in 5,309 girls born in 1968 were named Lourdes (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,711 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #532 in 1963, was only 1 in 5,788 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Lourdes (3,064) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s15#3,005 (1919)#3,711
1920s130#1,766 (1929)#2,849
1930s170#1,596 (1938)#1,954
1940s315#1,088 (1949)#1,692
1950s1,475#639 (1958)#818
1960s3,064#532 (1963)#557
1970s2,235#591 (1970)#703
1980s1,859#747 (1982)#878
1990s2,091#842 (1992)#938
2000s2,044#874 (2001)#1,151
2010s985#1,737 (2013)#2,013
2020s422#2,228 (2022)#2,528

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lourdes in 1970

girls
#591
297 births · 1 in 5,886 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #591Lourdes297
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 5,886 of them was named Lourdes, which outranked 93.7% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lourdes
  1. #588Elsa298
  2. #588Hilda298
  3. #588Josette298
  4. #591Lourdes297
  5. #591Geneva297
  6. #591Polly297
  7. #591Selena297
  8. #595Larissa295
  9. #595Marina295
  10. #597Demetria294

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →