Lourda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lourda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lourda: Recorded since 1966, it reached #303 in 1971, and it was last ranked in 1983.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#303highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Republic of Ireland · Girls

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1966–1983

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1966	#380
1971	#303
1973	#374
1974	#340
1975	#379
1976	#497
1977	#429
1981	#471
1982	#467
1983	#529

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 18 years from 1966 to 1983.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1966–1983 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–1983
Highest recorded position: #303 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1971 (recorded 1966–1983).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1983
Most recently recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1983.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lourda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lourda in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970sbusiest	35	6 of 10	6
1980s	11	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lourda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1966 to 1983. Highest recorded position: #303 in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Lourda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified

Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1966 and 1983, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #303, first reached in 1971.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#529position in 1983, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 1971Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lourenco · #1548, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sigvald · #295, 15y
Edelle · #312, 10y
Brion · #290, 14y
Briain · #323, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Zita · #303, 38y
Amanuel · #302, 43y
Carolina · #302, 57y
Cicilie · #302, 24y

Lourda was ranked #303 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1971. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lourda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lourda without appearing here.

Lourda moved ahead of

Violet Compare
In 1980 they stood at #429 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #471 and #533.
Hanna Compare
In 1981 they stood at #471 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #467 and #523.

Moved ahead of Lourda

Leanne Compare
In 1980 they stood at #429 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #471 and #159.
Zara Compare
In 1980 they stood at #429 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #471 and #335.
Vicki Compare
In 1975 they stood at #374 and #402 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1976 that had become #497 and #392.
Lara Compare
In 1980 they stood at #429 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #471 and #386.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1966 to 1983. Highest recorded position: #303 in Republic of Ireland in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lourda

Lourda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lourda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Lourda at a glance

Lourda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Lourda moved ahead of

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