Ursula
#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 45 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,811since 1881
Ursula over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ursula has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,661 | 29 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 |
| 2004 | #4,093 | 34 |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 |
| 1999 | #2,675 | 52 |
| 1998 | #2,164 | 66 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 |
| 1995 | #2,552 | 49 |
| 1994 | #2,167 | 62 |
| 1993 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 |
| 1991 | #1,779 | 80 |
| 1990 | #1,568 | 97 |
| 1989 | #1,405 | 106 |
| 1988 | #1,181 | 128 |
| 1987 | #1,136 | 130 |
| 1986 | #1,136 | 127 |
| 1985 | #1,103 | 131 |
| 1984 | #1,059 | 132 |
| 1983 | #983 | 148 |
| 1982 | #934 | 160 |
| 1981 | #889 | 170 |
| 1980 | #909 | 166 |
| 1979 | #860 | 181 |
| 1978 | #829 | 179 |
| 1977 | #714 | 217 |
| 1976 | #667 | 230 |
| 1975 | #608 | 261 |
| 1974 | #591 | 268 |
| 1973 | #554 | 297 |
| 1972 | #476 | 377 |
| 1971 | #487 | 395 |
| 1970 | #554 | 335 |
| 1969 | #496 | 384 |
| 1968 | #514 | 354 |
| 1967 | #474 | 400 |
| 1966 | #488 | 368 |
| 1965 | #504 | 355 |
| 1964 | #666 | 236 |
| 1963 | #717 | 203 |
| 1962 | #739 | 194 |
| 1961 | #779 | 182 |
| 1960 | #915 | 134 |
| 1959 | #965 | 119 |
| 1958 | #937 | 121 |
| 1957 | #995 | 109 |
| 1956 | #861 | 134 |
| 1955 | #804 | 144 |
| 1954 | #878 | 119 |
| 1953 | #1,018 | 89 |
| 1952 | #975 | 93 |
| 1951 | #1,027 | 82 |
| 1950 | #1,041 | 77 |
| 1949 | #1,088 | 68 |
| 1948 | #1,105 | 65 |
| 1947 | #951 | 87 |
| 1946 | #985 | 72 |
| 1945 | #850 | 78 |
| 1944 | #827 | 85 |
| 1943 | #922 | 71 |
| 1942 | #835 | 83 |
| 1941 | #751 | 90 |
| 1940 | #741 | 86 |
| 1939 | #652 | 108 |
| 1938 | #674 | 104 |
| 1937 | #680 | 100 |
| 1936 | #619 | 114 |
| 1935 | #607 | 115 |
| 1934 | #648 | 107 |
| 1933 | #553 | 132 |
| 1932 | #670 | 101 |
| 1931 | #649 | 104 |
| 1930 | #574 | 141 |
| 1929 | #608 | 127 |
| 1928 | #639 | 122 |
| 1927 | #623 | 131 |
| 1926 | #653 | 122 |
| 1925 | #605 | 144 |
| 1924 | #604 | 152 |
| 1923 | #524 | 181 |
| 1922 | #569 | 159 |
| 1921 | #608 | 143 |
| 1920 | #567 | 160 |
| 1919 | #587 | 142 |
| 1918 | #572 | 155 |
| 1917 | #586 | 135 |
| 1916 | #547 | 147 |
| 1915 | #523 | 144 |
| 1914 | #511 | 119 |
| 1913 | #511 | 99 |
| 1912 | #550 | 79 |
| 1911 | #511 | 66 |
| 1910 | #550 | 55 |
| 1909 | #479 | 61 |
| 1908 | #527 | 48 |
| 1907 | #564 | 42 |
| 1906 | #458 | 55 |
| 1905 | #481 | 50 |
| 1904 | #545 | 37 |
| 1903 | #470 | 46 |
| 1902 | #545 | 35 |
| 1901 | #441 | 45 |
| 1900 | #524 | 41 |
| 1899 | #565 | 29 |
| 1898 | #486 | 40 |
| 1897 | #521 | 32 |
| 1896 | #538 | 31 |
| 1895 | #465 | 39 |
| 1894 | #628 | 22 |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 |
| 1890 | #508 | 26 |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 |
| 1887 | #499 | 20 |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Ursula! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Ursula is popular in 1912
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Minnesota#248 · 1 in 1,826
- Massachusetts#288 · 1 in 3,564
- Illinois#295 · 1 in 2,823
- Ohio#296 · 1 in 3,282
- New York#324 · 1 in 4,116
Best ever in a state: #132 in Rhode Island, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #248 | 5 | 1 in 1,826 |
| Massachusetts | #288 | 5 | 1 in 3,564 |
| Illinois | #295 | 10 | 1 in 2,823 |
| Ohio | #296 | 7 | 1 in 3,282 |
| New York | #324 | 12 | 1 in 4,116 |
| Pennsylvania | #380 | 7 | 1 in 6,542 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 487 spots since 2024 (#5,148 → #4,661)
- 13 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #4,661)
- 956 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #4,661)
- Biggest jump: 247 spots in 1885 (#731 → #484)
- Biggest drop: 191 spots in 1888 (#499 → #690)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1901 at #441 (45 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 98 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1881–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,035
- Highest: 1 in 4,035 girls born in 1972 were named Ursula (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 55,423 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #441 in 1901, was only 1 in 5,319 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 19.0% of all girls named Ursula (2,810) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 121 | #484 (1885) | #627 |
| 1890s | 279 | #465 (1895) | #559 |
| 1900s | 460 | #441 (1901) | #503 |
| 1910s | 1,141 | #511 (1914) | #545 |
| 1920s | 1,441 | #524 (1923) | #600 |
| 1930s | 1,126 | #553 (1933) | #633 |
| 1940s | 785 | #741 (1940) | #906 |
| 1950s | 1,087 | #804 (1955) | #950 |
| 1960s | 2,810 | #474 (1967) | #629 |
| 1970s | 2,740 | #476 (1972) | #634 |
| 1980s | 1,398 | #889 (1981) | #1,074 |
| 1990s | 591 | #1,568 (1990) | #2,385 |
| 2000s | 357 | #3,121 (2000) | #4,095 |
| 2010s | 295 | #3,705 (2015) | #4,767 |
| 2020s | 180 | #3,833 (2023) | #4,605 |
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.
Ursula in 1912
girls
#550
79 births · 1 in 7,065 girls
Top girls' names in 1912
More about 1912
girls
558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 7,065 of them was named Ursula, which outranked 84.0% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).