Ula
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1926 at #4,201
Given to girls 98.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,618since 1880
Ula over time
Rank among girls' names. Ula 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,344 | 29 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,314 | 31 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #1,324 | 36 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,031 | 56 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #1,054 | 52 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,168 | 43 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #1,276 | 37 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,152 | 43 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #967 | 54 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,234 | 37 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,307 | 31 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #1,114 | 40 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 | — | |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ula 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 Ula is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#496 · 1 in 9,335
Best ever in a state: #350 in Kansas, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #496 | 6 | 1 in 9,335 |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Ula
- 3,820 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #14,942)
- 4,076 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 858 spots in 1898 (#1,555 → #697)
- Biggest drop: 556 spots in 1897 (#999 → #1,555)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #695 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1889–1890
- Highest: 1 in 11,762 girls born in 1898 were named Ula (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #695 in 1885, was only 1 in 13,305 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.7% of all girls named Ula (400) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #695 (1885) | #839 |
| 1890s | 84 | #697 (1898) | #1,132 |
| 1900s | 122 | #829 (1901) | #1,104 |
| 1910s | 281 | #914 (1910) | #1,230 |
| 1920s | 400 | #1,031 (1924) | #1,262 |
| 1930s | 211 | #1,314 (1931) | #1,820 |
| 1940s | 135 | #2,027 (1944) | #2,612 |
| 1950s | 88 | #2,971 (1955) | #3,896 |
| 1960s | 52 | #3,635 (1963) | #5,553 |
| 1970s | 42 | #5,959 (1972) | #7,033 |
| 1980s | 8 | #7,409 (1981) | #7,409 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,807 (1996) | #11,807 |
| 2000s | 60 | #10,425 (2003) | #12,529 |
| 2010s | 56 | #9,517 (2014) | #12,301 |
| 2020s | 28 | #11,122 (2024) | #12,363 |
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.
Ula in 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 23,199 of them was named Ula, which outranked 81.6% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,037Reatha53
- #1,037Twyla53
- #1,037Verdell53
- #1,054Ula52
- #1,054Elberta52
- #1,054Elenore52
- #1,054Ellamae52
- #1,065Ardelle51
- #1,065Burnice51
- #1,065Ethyl51
Tied with 10 names at #1,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.