Lurlene
Feminine
Lurlene has an l where its nearest relatives have nothing, and inserting a consonant into a name is the rarest respelling move there is — English almost always adds vowels instead.
How old is the name Lurlene?
Lurlene first appears in US birth records in 1905 — 120 years ago. The typical Lurlene alive today was born around 1929, making them about 96 years old. About 200 people named Lurlene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lurlene most popular?
Lurlene peaked in 1913, reaching #1229 nationally. See the whole 1913 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lurlene
Count the ways American spelling alters a name and they are almost all vowels: a for e, y for i, an extra a, a silent final e. Consonants are much harder to move, because they carry the shape of the word — change one and the name is read as a different name rather than as the same name dressed differently. Inserting one is rarer still. When it happens it usually means a name was assembled rather than respelled: somebody building from a front and an ending needed a bridge between two vowels, and reached for the most liquid consonant English has. That is the likeliest account here, and it explains why this name looks like a relative of several others and is not quite any of them.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Nothing can be traced. The nearest name to it was invented for the stage in the nineteenth century and reached America as a fashionable sound; whether this spelling descends from that or was built independently from the same pieces, the record does not say.
Pronouncing Lurlene
lur-LEEN
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The two l sounds are separated by the vowel and both are fully said.
Nicknames for Lurlene
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1905
- Most girls named
- 192137 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1229reached in 1913
- Change vs 1967
- +16.7%7 in 1968, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lurlenes among us
people named Lurlene are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lurlene sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is genuinely rare and has the settled sound of a period name.
- The back stress gives it a strong finish.
- The spelling is phonetic and survives being dictated.
- Lurline and Lurlene are both in the record and hers will be written as either.
- The name belongs entirely to one American era.
- There is no meaning to pass on.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lurlenes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Lurlene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lurlene in 2025?
- Lurlene is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lurlene with classmates?
- Lurlene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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