girl's name

Lurdes

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 573

Lurdes is a girl's name. In 2011 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1977, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1953.

Lurdes over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

107
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Lurdes by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 12
1960s 105
1970s 107
1980s 72
1990s 91
2000s 31
2010s (to 2011) 5

How popular is Lurdes?

In 2011, Lurdes was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Lurdes is used

France #2,961 5 in 1984
United States #17,742 5 in 2011

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Lurdes

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lurdes also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lurdes over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lurdes

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lurdes — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lurdes

How popular is the name Lurdes?

In 2011, Lurdes was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Lurdes a girl's or a boy's name?

Lurdes is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lurdes most popular?

Lurdes peaked in 1977, when 17 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.