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

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Peak · girls
1885 · 10 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,618
since 1880

Ula over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ula has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #695, 1885girls
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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#14,9425—
2024#11,1228—
2023——
2022#12,2437—
2021#11,1468—
2020——
2019#13,7996—
2018——
2017——
2016#11,7818—
2015#10,8669—
2014#9,51711—
2013#11,0009—
2012#16,8695—
2011——
2010#12,2768—
2009#12,4298—
2008——
2007#11,6309—
2006#12,4208—
2005#11,8348—
2004——
2003#10,4259—
2002#11,1088—
2001#15,3525—
2000#15,0315—
1999——
1998——
1997——
1996#11,8076—
1995——
1994——
1993——
1992——
1991——
1990——
1989——
1988——
1987——
1986——
1985——
1984——
1983——
1982——
1981#7,4098—
1980——
1979——
1978——
1977#6,8928—
1976#7,2967—
1975#9,0675—
1974——
1973——
1972#5,9598—
1971#6,6197—
1970#6,3627—
1969#6,6176—
1968#7,0165—
1967——
1966#6,5645—
1965——
1964#5,0088—
1963#3,63513—
1962#4,8658—
1961——
1960#5,1687—
1959#4,3009—
1958#5,4086—
1957#3,48912—
1956——
1955#2,97115—
1954#3,9679—
1953#4,2268—
1952#3,7969—
1951#3,48210—
1950#3,42310—
1949#2,72614—
1948#3,5939—
1947#2,63715—
1946#2,48215—
1945#2,33914—
1944#2,02718—
1943#2,25116—
1942#3,1949—
1941#2,66811—
1940#2,20314—
1939#2,41712—
1938#1,75220—
1937#2,44812—
1936#1,41327—
1935#2,57511—
1934#1,34429—
1933#1,65821—
1932#1,87718—
1931#1,31431—
1930#1,40330—
1929#1,30633—
1928#1,83721—
1927#1,23340—
1926#1,24339#4,2015
1925#1,32436—
1924#1,03156#3,2608
1923#1,05452—
1922#1,16843#3,2528
1921#1,27637—
1920#1,15243#4,2865
1919#96754—
1918#1,23437—
1917#1,30731#3,9815
1916#1,11440—
1915#1,28530—
1914#1,30323—
1913#1,52815—
1912#1,47714—
1911#1,17115—
1910#91422—
1909#1,10414—
1908#1,26111—
1907#1,28910—
1906#91716—
1905#1,2989—
1904#1,09211—
1903#1,2049—
1902#93614—
1901#82916—
1900#1,10612—
1899#1,0999—
1898#69722—
1897#1,5555—
1896#99911—
1895#1,2028—
1894#1,4855—
1893#1,2776—
1892——
1891#1,0068—
1890#87210—
1889#80211—
1888——
1887#9377—
1886——
1885#69510—
1884#1,0245—
1883——
1882#7407—
1881——
1880#8365—
First appearance
1880

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 1931

No state had 5 or more girls named Ula in 1931, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ula
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #695 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1889–1890
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,762
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.7% of all girls named Ula (400) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s45#695 (1885)#839
1890s84#697 (1898)#1,132
1900s122#829 (1901)#1,104
1910s281#914 (1910)#1,230
1920s400#1,031 (1924)#1,262
1930s211#1,314 (1931)#1,820
1940s135#2,027 (1944)#2,612
1950s88#2,971 (1955)#3,896
1960s52#3,635 (1963)#5,553
1970s42#5,959 (1972)#7,033
1980s8#7,409 (1981)#7,409
1990s6#11,807 (1996)#11,807
2000s60#10,425 (2003)#12,529
2010s56#9,517 (2014)#12,301
2020s28#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 1931

girls
#1,314
31 births · 1 in 34,346 girls

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #1,314Ula31
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 34,346 of them was named Ula, which outranked 73.6% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ula
  1. #1,287Santos32
  2. #1,287Shirlene32
  3. #1,287Vickie32
  4. #1,314Ula31
  5. #1,314Annice31
  6. #1,314Archie31
  7. #1,314Clair31
  8. #1,336Alida30
  9. #1,336Andrew30
  10. #1,336Antionette30

Tied with 21 names at #1,314; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 857Joretta#1,320 → #463
  2. ↑ 519Joetta#1,460 → #941
  3. ↑ 483Sondra#1,031 → #548
  4. ↑ 465Celine#1,460 → #995
  5. ↑ 343Lynne#1,274 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 377Margo#937 → #1,314
  2. ↓ 349Rachael#894 → #1,243
  3. ↓ 317Evelyne#926 → #1,243
  4. ↓ 287Vivien#971 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 283Ardeth#629 → #912

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

See the top 100 for 1931 →