Lurlene
Lurlene McDaniel is an American author who has written more than 70 young adult books. She is well known for writing about young adults struggling with mortality and chronic illness, a career that began as a therapeutic way to deal with the trauma when her son, then 3, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.
Meaning & Origin of Lurlene
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lurlene McDaniel is an American author who has written more than 70 young adult books. She is well known for writing about young adults struggling with mortality and chronic illness, a career that began as a therapeutic way to deal with the trauma when her son, then 3, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.
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The Story of Lurlene
Lurlene first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1905, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 37 births, good for #1,276 nationwide. About 31% of every Lurlene on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Lurlene last appeared in the published SSA data in 1968, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 881 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lurlene
Lurlene is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1905 and has accumulated 881 births in the dataset. Lurlene's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #1,276. Use the chart and map above to compare Lurlene'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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