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
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 655 births
- Debut · girls
- 621 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 32 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 85,248since 1880
Lula over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,927 | 100 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,942 | 102 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,826 | 110 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,961 | 100 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,506 | 140 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,721 | 117 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,755 | 117 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,852 | 109 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,770 | 118 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,757 | 118 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,996 | 99 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,176 | 87 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,977 | 99 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,064 | 93 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,589 | 69 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,670 | 67 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,532 | 63 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,527 | 61 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,541 | 60 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,594 | 59 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,452 | 70 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,453 | 65 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,347 | 68 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,063 | 97 | — | |
| 1965 | #989 | 110 | — | |
| 1964 | #778 | 176 | — | |
| 1963 | #870 | 145 | — | |
| 1962 | #806 | 168 | — | |
| 1961 | #724 | 206 | — | |
| 1960 | #653 | 241 | — | |
| 1959 | #650 | 237 | — | |
| 1958 | #615 | 258 | — | |
| 1957 | #547 | 308 | — | |
| 1956 | #516 | 329 | — | |
| 1955 | #492 | 343 | — | |
| 1954 | #437 | 403 | — | |
| 1953 | #436 | 405 | — | |
| 1952 | #379 | 476 | — | |
| 1951 | #345 | 532 | — | |
| 1950 | #340 | 528 | — | |
| 1949 | #303 | 651 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #319 | 594 | — | |
| 1947 | #301 | 689 | — | |
| 1946 | #279 | 680 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #252 | 722 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #251 | 719 | — | |
| 1943 | #245 | 782 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #226 | 851 | — | |
| 1941 | #214 | 824 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #212 | 820 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #192 | 923 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #191 | 973 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #182 | 1,087 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #175 | 1,099 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #174 | 1,086 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #166 | 1,124 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #166 | 1,087 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #157 | 1,230 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #162 | 1,154 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #157 | 1,314 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #158 | 1,333 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #158 | 1,376 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #150 | 1,586 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #154 | 1,564 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #149 | 1,707 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #146 | 1,776 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #151 | 1,673 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #142 | 1,759 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #143 | 1,778 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #139 | 1,765 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #134 | 1,776 | — | |
| 1918 | #132 | 1,771 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #135 | 1,607 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #127 | 1,676 | — | |
| 1915 | #129 | 1,537 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #120 | 1,345 | — | |
| 1913 | #110 | 1,179 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #107 | 1,094 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #94 | 970 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #93 | 975 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #91 | 922 | — | |
| 1908 | #89 | 892 | — | |
| 1907 | #84 | 905 | — | |
| 1906 | #78 | 911 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #78 | 963 | — | |
| 1904 | #77 | 894 | — | |
| 1903 | #73 | 913 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #71 | 976 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #67 | 905 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #62 | 1,237 | — | |
| 1899 | #67 | 894 | — | |
| 1898 | #64 | 1,069 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #63 | 971 | — | |
| 1896 | #64 | 1,012 | — | |
| 1895 | #64 | 987 | — | |
| 1894 | #60 | 1,042 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #57 | 1,034 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #53 | 1,098 | — | |
| 1891 | #50 | 1,010 | — | |
| 1890 | #48 | 1,121 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #47 | 1,067 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #44 | 1,173 | — | |
| 1887 | #47 | 891 | — | |
| 1886 | #40 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1885 | #41 | 949 | — | |
| 1884 | #39 | 916 | — | |
| 1883 | #43 | 790 | — | |
| 1882 | #40 | 780 | — | |
| 1881 | #36 | 655 | — | |
| 1880 | #39 | 621 | — | |
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 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#51 · 1 in 222
- South Carolina#77 · 1 in 300
- Georgia#104 · 1 in 418
- Alabama#107 · 1 in 447
- North Carolina#120 · 1 in 516
Best ever in a state: #23 in Alabama, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #51 | 102 | 1 in 222 |
| South Carolina | #77 | 73 | 1 in 300 |
| Georgia | #104 | 76 | 1 in 418 |
| Alabama | #107 | 66 | 1 in 447 |
| North Carolina | #120 | 73 | 1 in 516 |
| Arkansas | #123 | 36 | 1 in 531 |
| Louisiana | #125 | 48 | 1 in 488 |
| West Virginia | #128 | 31 | 1 in 611 |
| Tennessee | #130 | 44 | 1 in 640 |
| Virginia | #133 | 43 | 1 in 575 |
| Kentucky | #136 | 45 | 1 in 637 |
| Florida | #191 | 17 | 1 in 872 |
| Indiana | #201 | 16 | 1 in 1,679 |
| Texas | #242 | 48 | 1 in 1,252 |
| Missouri | #248 | 14 | 1 in 1,998 |
| Oklahoma | #278 | 11 | 1 in 1,833 |
| Illinois | #322 | 16 | 1 in 3,516 |
| Pennsylvania | #374 | 14 | 1 in 5,357 |
| Ohio | #414 | 9 | 1 in 5,856 |
| New York | #574 | 8 | 1 in 11,214 |
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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 Lula
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #36 (655 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 76 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1880–1911
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1880–1965
- 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
- 19.1% of all girls named Lula (16,317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8,882 | #36 (1881) | #42 |
| 1890s | 10,238 | #48 (1890) | #59 |
| 1900s | 9,518 | #62 (1900) | #77 |
| 1910s | 13,930 | #93 (1910) | #118 |
| 1920s | 16,317 | #139 (1920) | #149 |
| 1930s | 11,077 | #157 (1930) | #172 |
| 1940s | 7,332 | #212 (1940) | #260 |
| 1950s | 3,819 | #340 (1950) | #476 |
| 1960s | 1,373 | #653 (1960) | #973 |
| 1970s | 501 | #1,452 (1970) | #1,968 |
| 1980s | 210 | #2,940 (1980) | #4,049 |
| 1990s | 116 | #5,249 (1994) | #7,933 |
| 2000s | 290 | #3,000 (2009) | #5,623 |
| 2010s | 976 | #1,755 (2019) | #2,061 |
| 2020s | 669 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 1,395 of them was named Lula, which outranked 95.8% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 193,195 of them was named Lula, which outranked 20.5% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).