Gender
Origin
- French
- Craggy slope
- Spanish
- Reference to the Virgin Mary; taken from a town in France that became famous as a shrine for Catholic pilgrims after a peasant girl was said to have had visions of the Virgin Mary at a grotto there
Syllables
2
Themes
- Place
Alternate Spellings and Variants of Lourdes
Pronunciation
lo(ur)-des
Celebrity Babies
Daughter of Madonna
Popularity in the USA
- Boys: peak in 1986 (rank #4844, 8 births); most recent 1990 (rank #7170, 6 births)
- Girls: peak in 1963 (rank #532, 332 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2895, 58 births)
| Year | Boys | Girls |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 58 |
| 2024 | – | 62 |
| 2023 | – | 73 |
| 2022 | – | 84 |
| 2021 | – | 69 |
| 2020 | – | 74 |
| 2019 | – | 70 |
| 2018 | – | 91 |
| 2017 | – | 93 |
| 2016 | – | 99 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data
Popularity in England and Wales
- Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #1903, 14 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3704, 6 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2023 | – |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2016 | 7 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence
Popularity in France
- Girls: peak in 1972 (rank #613, 29 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2022 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2014 | 3 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence