Lurline

Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995

Peak · girls
1913 · 50 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,885
since 1887

Lurline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lurline has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #741, 1913girls
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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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1970#7,9955
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1966#4,8668
1965
1964#6,7675
1963
1962#5,8606
1961
1960#6,3905
1959#3,10415
1958#4,1939
1957#3,69611
1956#3,04815
1955#2,72517
1954#3,01914
1953#5,0406
1952#2,80615
1951#2,69415
1950#2,90913
1949#2,27419
1948#1,90125
1947#2,63715
1946#1,86024
1945#2,33914
1944#2,40114
1943#1,70325
1942#1,66825
1941#1,95418
1940#2,20314
1939#2,20614
1938#2,02116
1937#1,58023
1936#1,26732
1935#1,33130
1934#1,55623
1933#1,51324
1932#1,56824
1931#1,42127
1930#1,27435
1929#1,10744
1928#1,09747
1927#1,05753
1926#99057
1925#92365
1924#1,13847
1923#1,06551
1922#97858
1921#85375
1920#98955
1919#96754
1918#93758
1917#92356
1916#86762
1915#79169
1914#82750
1913#74150
1912#82037
1911#1,11316
1910#94121
1909#1,01516
1908#1,26111
1907#92317
1906#74224
1905#1,16211
1904#93815
1903#83617
1902#87216
1901#82916
1900#1,23110
1899#1,1818
1898#88615
1897#1,3856
1896#99911
1895#1,05310
1894#1,3536
1893#86512
1892#1,0858
1891#9439
1890#1,3385
1889
1888#8949
1887#8608
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Lurline! It came in at #860, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lurline
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
  • Biggest jump: 499 spots in 1898 (#1,385#886)
  • Biggest drop: 488 spots in 1894 (#865#1,353)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1913 at #741 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1912–1922
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,304
  • Highest: 1 in 12,304 girls born in 1906 were named Lurline (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,629 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #741 in 1913, was only 1 in 12,491 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.3% of all girls named Lurline (552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#860 (1887)#877
1890s90#865 (1893)#1,109
1900s153#742 (1906)#981
1910s473#741 (1913)#893
1920s552#853 (1921)#1,020
1930s248#1,267 (1936)#1,574
1940s193#1,668 (1942)#2,094
1950s130#2,694 (1951)#3,323
1960s24#4,866 (1966)#5,971
1970s5#7,995 (1970)#7,995

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.

Lurline in 1893

girls
#865
12 births · 1 in 17,742 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #865Lurline12
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 17,742 of them was named Lurline, which outranked 47.6% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lurline
  1. #826Theresia13
  2. #826Tinnie13
  3. #826Zena13
  4. #865Lurline12
  5. #865Adda12
  6. #865Albertha12
  7. #865America12
  8. #901Aletha11
  9. #901Arminta11
  10. #901Atha11

Tied with 35 names at #865; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 737Annabell#1,450#713
  2. 656Helma#1,450#794
  3. 634Claribel#1,278#644
  4. 624Jemima#1,450#826
  5. 616Buena#1,278#662
Fallers
  1. 641Ernest#796#1,437
  2. 576Orah#861#1,437
  3. 576Willia#861#1,437
  4. 551Jennette#726#1,277
  5. 515Velva#762#1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1893