Lourdes
Lourdes, María Lourdes and María de Lourdes are given names.
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Lourdes
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lourdes, María Lourdes and María de Lourdes are given names.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Lourdes
The earliest SSA record of Lourdes as a baby girl name dates back to 1916, when 5 babies received it. 1963 was its biggest year on record, with 333 newborns named Lourdes — #532 in the national rankings. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 21% of all recorded Lourdess. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,664 among baby girl names with 65 births, gradually falling (-12%). In total, more than 15K Lourdess have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lourdes
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About the name Lourdes
Lourdes is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Lourdes's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #532. Use the chart and map above to compare Lourdes's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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