Fun Facts About the Name Allure
- 594 babies named Allure: U.S. records list 594 babies given the name Allure from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 boys received the name Allure - about 1 boy for every 118 girls.
What Does the Name Allure Mean?
Allure is an English word name meaning "to attract or charm." The word came into English from Old French alurer, "to attract, charm, or entice." That Old French verb was built from the prefix a- (from Latin ad-, "to") plus loirre, meaning "bait" or "lure," a word of Germanic origin. The earliest sense was concrete and tied to hunting: to draw an animal in with bait. The modern figurative sense, to fascinate or charm, grew out of that image. Allure is not related to the similar-sounding Laura or Laurel, whose root is Latin laurus, "laurel."
Allure Name History & Origins
The word behind the name is old, but its use as a personal name is not. Middle English had aluren, borrowed from Anglo-French and Old French forms of alurer. The Germanic element behind loirre is related to Old High German luoder, "bait," and to German Luder; the same root also underlies the English word lure. Modern French keeps leurre for a decoy or lure. Through the Middle Ages and into modern English, allure remained a common verb and noun meaning enticement or charm, not a name.
As a given name, Allure is a direct borrowing from that English vocabulary word rather than a descendant of an older personal name. It is used chiefly in English-speaking countries, most visibly in the United States, and is typically feminine. It belongs to the broad group of English word names, such as Grace, Hope, and Serenity, in which an ordinary noun or verb is adopted as a personal name.
How Popular is the Name Allure?
Allure has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #3,705 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,993 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #4,032 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 2023 | #3,705 | 41 | 0.0026% |
| 2022 | #4,299 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2021 | #4,251 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2019 | #4,348 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2018 | #6,807 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #4,927 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2016 | #6,919 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #6,251 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #8,073 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #6,026 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #5,904 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #9,753 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #7,234 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #8,919 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #10,117 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #7,751 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #6,369 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #6,268 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #6,508 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #11,366 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #8,313 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #8,221 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #8,056 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #7,264 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #4,641 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #5,429 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | #12,230 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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