Bulah
Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,296
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 52 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,027since 1880
Bulah over time
Rank among girls' names. Bulah has never cracked the top 400 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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| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,099 | 42 |
| 1936 | #1,081 | 42 |
| 1935 | #995 | 48 |
| 1934 | #1,047 | 44 |
| 1933 | #1,024 | 46 |
| 1932 | #933 | 57 |
| 1931 | #1,028 | 46 |
| 1930 | #810 | 76 |
| 1929 | #721 | 95 |
| 1928 | #918 | 65 |
| 1927 | #839 | 77 |
| 1926 | #804 | 81 |
| 1925 | #758 | 95 |
| 1924 | #756 | 97 |
| 1923 | #800 | 82 |
| 1922 | #789 | 85 |
| 1921 | #775 | 89 |
| 1920 | #700 | 108 |
| 1919 | #646 | 115 |
| 1918 | #771 | 86 |
| 1917 | #762 | 82 |
| 1916 | #789 | 74 |
| 1915 | #865 | 57 |
| 1914 | #624 | 85 |
| 1913 | #738 | 51 |
| 1912 | #729 | 47 |
| 1911 | #624 | 47 |
| 1910 | #550 | 55 |
| 1909 | #594 | 42 |
| 1908 | #602 | 39 |
| 1907 | #588 | 39 |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 |
| 1905 | #473 | 52 |
| 1904 | #570 | 35 |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 |
| 1902 | #600 | 30 |
| 1901 | #530 | 33 |
| 1900 | #576 | 36 |
| 1899 | #606 | 26 |
| 1898 | #768 | 19 |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 |
| 1896 | #635 | 24 |
| 1895 | #685 | 21 |
| 1894 | #643 | 21 |
| 1893 | #547 | 26 |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bulah was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bulah is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#300 · 1 in 2,350
- Kentucky#340 · 1 in 3,004
- Virginia#354 · 1 in 4,122
- South Carolina#382 · 1 in 4,137
- Georgia#400 · 1 in 4,152
Best ever in a state: #231 in Tennessee, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #300 | 12 | 1 in 2,350 |
| Kentucky | #340 | 10 | 1 in 3,004 |
| Virginia | #354 | 7 | 1 in 4,122 |
| South Carolina | #382 | 6 | 1 in 4,137 |
| Georgia | #400 | 9 | 1 in 4,152 |
| Louisiana | #445 | 6 | 1 in 3,947 |
| North Carolina | #445 | 7 | 1 in 5,518 |
| Arkansas | #447 | 6 | 1 in 3,446 |
| Mississippi | #467 | 5 | 1 in 4,518 |
| Texas | #931 | 5 | 1 in 11,791 |
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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 Bulah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1885 (#930 → #576)
- Biggest drop: 315 spots in 1884 (#615 → #930)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1905 at #473 (52 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1882–1930
- Highest: 1 in 5,608 girls born in 1905 were named Bulah (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 275,358 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
- 28.9% of all girls named Bulah (874) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 100 | #576 (1885) | #689 |
| 1890s | 213 | #547 (1893) | #646 |
| 1900s | 379 | #473 (1905) | #566 |
| 1910s | 699 | #550 (1910) | #710 |
| 1920s | 874 | #700 (1920) | #786 |
| 1930s | 464 | #810 (1930) | #1,072 |
| 1940s | 217 | #1,404 (1940) | #1,986 |
| 1950s | 69 | #2,535 (1950) | #3,953 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,296 (1963) | #5,843 |
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.
Bulah in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 14,129 of them was named Bulah, which outranked 86.4% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).