Bula
Last seen for girls in 1950 at #5,301
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,034since 1881
Bula over time
Rank among girls' names. Bula has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,576 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,231 | 40 |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,152 | 43 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
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| 1900 | #970 | 15 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | #727 | 14 |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Bula! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bula is popular in 1890
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Bula
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1950
- Biggest jump: 186 spots in 1894 (#1,091 → #905)
- Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1910 (#961 → #1,267)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1889 at #600 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1894–1896
- Highest: 1 in 9,909 girls born in 1889 were named Bula (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,611 girls born in 1950 (0.00%)
- 29.4% of all girls named Bula (304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47 | #600 (1889) | #856 |
| 1890s | 100 | #727 (1890) | #1,011 |
| 1900s | 116 | #961 (1909) | #1,123 |
| 1910s | 249 | #1,075 (1915) | #1,301 |
| 1920s | 304 | #1,152 (1920) | #1,506 |
| 1930s | 163 | #1,556 (1934) | #2,071 |
| 1940s | 50 | #2,817 (1942) | #3,840 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,301 (1950) | #5,301 |
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.
Bula in 1890
Top girls' names in 1890
More about 1890
girls
190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 13,598 of them was named Bula, which outranked 52.6% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).