Buelah
Last seen for girls in 1966 at #5,809
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,363since 1889
Buelah over time
Rank among girls' names. Buelah has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,274 | 35 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1927 | #1,000 | 58 |
| 1926 | #1,032 | 52 |
| 1925 | #1,176 | 43 |
| 1924 | #1,244 | 41 |
| 1923 | #1,267 | 38 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 |
| 1921 | #1,035 | 53 |
| 1920 | #1,030 | 52 |
| 1919 | #954 | 55 |
| 1918 | #1,073 | 46 |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 |
| 1916 | #993 | 48 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 |
| 1910 | #877 | 24 |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Buelah! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Buelah is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#430 · 1 in 5,771
Best ever in a state: #308 in Virginia, 1914.
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| Virginia | #430 | 5 | 1 in 5,771 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Buelah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1966
- Biggest jump: 379 spots in 1905 (#1,251 → #872)
- Biggest drop: 544 spots in 1906 (#872 → #1,416)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1896 at #728 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1909–1910
- Highest: 1 in 12,522 girls born in 1896 were named Buelah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 282,030 girls born in 1966 (0.00%)
- 31.3% of all girls named Buelah (426) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 73 | #728 (1896) | #1,224 |
| 1900s | 137 | #868 (1909) | #1,046 |
| 1910s | 323 | #877 (1910) | #1,115 |
| 1920s | 426 | #1,000 (1927) | #1,230 |
| 1930s | 228 | #1,274 (1930) | #1,672 |
| 1940s | 117 | #1,804 (1942) | #2,960 |
| 1950s | 42 | #4,226 (1953) | #5,164 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,809 (1966) | #5,909 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Buelah in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 30,460 of them was named Buelah, which outranked 78.9% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,227Ressie42
- #1,227Rilla42
- #1,227Shizuko42
- #1,244Buelah41
- #1,244Aiko41
- #1,244Alvena41
- #1,244Clemmie41
- #1,258Alexandra40
- #1,258Arbutus40
- #1,258Arla40
Tied with 13 names at #1,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.