Lulah

Peak · girls
1889 · 9 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
53
since 1886

Lulah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lulah has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #902, 1889girls
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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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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Lulah! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lulah is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Lulah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Lulah
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1889 at #902 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,818
  • Highest: 1 in 19,818 girls born in 1889 were named Lulah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 39.6% of all girls named Lulah (21) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s14#902 (1889)#1,005
1890s7#1,175 (1893)#1,175
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1910s6#4,291 (1918)#4,291
1920s5#4,805 (1927)#4,805
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2010s21#14,962 (2012)#15,926

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.

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