Lurline
Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995
- Peak · girls
- 1913 · 50 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,885since 1887
Lurline over time
Rank among girls' names. Lurline has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
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| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,568 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,274 | 35 |
| 1929 | #1,107 | 44 |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 |
| 1927 | #1,057 | 53 |
| 1926 | #990 | 57 |
| 1925 | #923 | 65 |
| 1924 | #1,138 | 47 |
| 1923 | #1,065 | 51 |
| 1922 | #978 | 58 |
| 1921 | #853 | 75 |
| 1920 | #989 | 55 |
| 1919 | #967 | 54 |
| 1918 | #937 | 58 |
| 1917 | #923 | 56 |
| 1916 | #867 | 62 |
| 1915 | #791 | 69 |
| 1914 | #827 | 50 |
| 1913 | #741 | 50 |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #923 | 17 |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 |
| 1886 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Lurline is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#415 · 1 in 3,386
- Georgia#451 · 1 in 5,446
- Mississippi#479 · 1 in 4,731
- Texas#616 · 1 in 5,507
Best ever in a state: #152 in Hawaii, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #415 | 7 | 1 in 3,386 |
| Georgia | #451 | 6 | 1 in 5,446 |
| Mississippi | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,731 |
| Texas | #616 | 11 | 1 in 5,507 |
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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 Lurline
- 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)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1913 at #741 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1912–1922
- 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
- 29.3% of all girls named Lurline (552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #860 (1887) | #877 |
| 1890s | 90 | #865 (1893) | #1,109 |
| 1900s | 153 | #742 (1906) | #981 |
| 1910s | 473 | #741 (1913) | #893 |
| 1920s | 552 | #853 (1921) | #1,020 |
| 1930s | 248 | #1,267 (1936) | #1,574 |
| 1940s | 193 | #1,668 (1942) | #2,094 |
| 1950s | 130 | #2,694 (1951) | #3,323 |
| 1960s | 24 | #4,866 (1966) | #5,971 |
| 1970s | 5 | #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 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 22,499 of them was named Lurline, which outranked 81.1% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,042Sidney54
- #1,042Trinidad54
- #1,042Veola54
- #1,057Lurline53
- #1,057Carma53
- #1,057Cathleen53
- #1,057Earleen53
- #1,066Alease52
- #1,066Drucilla52
- #1,066Hedwig52
Tied with 8 names at #1,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.