The baby name Lura appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 1986. It was most popular in 1917 with 263 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Lura has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 95 |
| 1911 | 89 |
| 1912 | 119 |
| 1913 | 73 |
| 1914 | 175 |
| 1915 | 228 |
| 1916 | 213 |
| 1917 | 263 |
| 1918 | 263 |
| 1919 | 226 |
| 1920 | 180 |
| 1921 | 204 |
| 1922 | 165 |
| 1923 | 136 |
| 1924 | 174 |
| 1925 | 177 |
| 1926 | 155 |
| 1927 | 172 |
| 1928 | 98 |
| 1929 | 151 |
| 1930 | 136 |
| 1931 | 101 |
| 1932 | 148 |
| 1933 | 33 |
| 1934 | 77 |
| 1935 | 74 |
| 1936 | 37 |
| 1937 | 53 |
| 1938 | 44 |
| 1939 | 24 |
| 1940 | 54 |
| 1941 | 30 |
| 1942 | 32 |
| 1943 | 12 |
| 1944 | 10 |
| 1945 | 21 |
| 1946 | 29 |
| 1947 | 42 |
| 1948 | 42 |
| 1949 | 11 |
| 1950 | 26 |
| 1951 | 10 |
| 1952 | 12 |
| 1953 | 15 |
| 1954 | 20 |
| 1955 | 36 |
| 1956 | 19 |
| 1957 | 6 |
| 1958 | 5 |
| 1959 | 8 |
| 1960 | 12 |
| 1962 | 10 |
| 1963 | 15 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1969 | 6 |
| 1970 | 5 |
| 1973 | 12 |
| 1982 | 10 |
| 1986 | 5 |