Lula

#1,927 for girls in 2025, 100 births · Last seen for boys in 1949 at #3,690
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 655 births
Debut · girls
621 births
In top 100 · girls
32 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
85,248
since 1880

Lula over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #36, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,927100—
2024#1,942102—
2023#1,826110—
2022#1,961100—
2021#1,506140—
2020#1,721117—
2019#1,755117—
2018#1,852109—
2017#1,770118—
2016#1,757118—
2015#1,99699—
2014#2,17687—
2013#1,97799—
2012#2,06493—
2011#2,58969—
2010#2,67067—
2009#3,00057—
2008#3,26751—
2007#3,60145—
2006#4,81129—
2005#4,02935—
2004#6,21619—
2003#6,57617—
2002#7,04515—
2001#10,1029—
2000#7,58013—
1999#7,23913—
1998#11,1387—
1997#9,0179—
1996#11,8076—
1995#8,7669—
1994#5,24918—
1993#6,26414—
1992#6,31414—
1991#5,65916—
1990#7,88010—
1989#4,52220—
1988#5,06516—
1987#5,31214—
1986#4,34718—
1985#3,62123—
1984#4,47816—
1983#3,68721—
1982#3,26026—
1981#3,25326—
1980#2,94030—
1979#3,07827—
1978#2,62932—
1977#2,51534—
1976#2,06042—
1975#1,75653—
1974#1,53263—
1973#1,52761—
1972#1,54160—
1971#1,59459—
1970#1,45270—
1969#1,45365—
1968#1,34768—
1967#1,04697—
1966#1,06397—
1965#989110—
1964#778176—
1963#870145—
1962#806168—
1961#724206—
1960#653241—
1959#650237—
1958#615258—
1957#547308—
1956#516329—
1955#492343—
1954#437403—
1953#436405—
1952#379476—
1951#345532—
1950#340528—
1949#303651#3,6905
1948#319594—
1947#301689—
1946#279680#3,5255
1945#252722#2,7437
1944#251719—
1943#245782#3,2316
1942#226851—
1941#214824#2,6568
1940#212820#3,1306
1939#192923#3,4805
1938#191973#2,8687
1937#1821,087#2,33210
1936#1751,099#2,18411
1935#1741,086#2,7198
1934#1661,124#2,9737
1933#1661,087#2,7388
1932#1571,230#2,8498
1931#1621,154#2,6519
1930#1571,314#2,7819
1929#1581,333#3,2477
1928#1581,376#1,82218
1927#1501,586#2,40812
1926#1541,564#2,07415
1925#1491,707#2,43512
1924#1461,776#2,04316
1923#1511,673#4,2395
1922#1421,759#4,3075
1921#1431,778#2,9869
1920#1391,765#2,9679
1919#1341,776—
1918#1321,771#3,0968
1917#1351,607#2,7329
1916#1271,676—
1915#1291,537#2,6219
1914#1201,345—
1913#1101,179#1,80310
1912#1071,094#2,5445
1911#94970#1,7405
1910#93975#1,3147
1909#91922—
1908#89892—
1907#84905—
1906#78911#1,1116
1905#78963—
1904#77894—
1903#73913#8468
1902#71976#9337
1901#67905#1,0585
1900#621,237—
1899#67894—
1898#641,069#66311
1897#63971—
1896#641,012—
1895#64987—
1894#601,042#8577
1893#571,034#1,0355
1892#531,098—
1891#501,010—
1890#481,121#9945
1889#471,067#9745
1888#441,173—
1887#47891—
1886#401,040—
1885#41949—
1884#39916—
1883#43790—
1882#40780—
1881#36655—
1880#39621—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lula was already there! It came in at #39, and was given to 621 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995–1998, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Lula is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lula
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#1,942 → #1,927)
  • 206 spots since 2020 (#1,721 → #1,927)
  • 69 spots since 2015 (#1,996 → #1,927)
  • Biggest jump: 92 spots in 1964 (#870 → #778)
  • Biggest drop: 211 spots in 1965 (#778 → #989)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #36 (655 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 76 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1880–1911
  • Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1880–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 138
  • Highest: 1 in 138 girls born in 1882 were named Lula (0.72%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,073 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #36 in 1881, was only 1 in 140 (0.71%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.1% of all girls named Lula (16,317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s8,882#36 (1881)#42
1890s10,238#48 (1890)#59
1900s9,518#62 (1900)#77
1910s13,930#93 (1910)#118
1920s16,317#139 (1920)#149
1930s11,077#157 (1930)#172
1940s7,332#212 (1940)#260
1950s3,819#340 (1950)#476
1960s1,373#653 (1960)#973
1970s501#1,452 (1970)#1,968
1980s210#2,940 (1980)#4,049
1990s116#5,249 (1994)#7,933
2000s290#3,000 (2009)#5,623
2010s976#1,755 (2019)#2,061
2020s669#1,506 (2021)#1,814

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.

Lula in 1886

girls
#40
1,040 births · 1 in 139 girls

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #40Lula1,040
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 139 of them was named Lula, which outranked 96.9% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lula
  1. #36Louise1,061
  2. #38Frances1,059
  3. #39Mattie1,044
  4. #40Lula1,040
  5. #41Jessie1,003
  6. #42Lillie995
  7. #43Lena992
Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 441Felicia#1,047 → #606
  2. ↑ 414Arminda#1,047 → #633
  3. ↑ 414Fronie#1,047 → #633
  4. ↑ 390Zettie#1,047 → #657
  5. ↑ 365Vergie#921 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 532Cordia#576 → #1,108
  2. ↓ 532Dicie#576 → #1,108
  3. ↓ 532Johnie#576 → #1,108
  4. ↓ 500Philomene#608 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 479Malissie#629 → #1,108

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →