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.
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 1893
Top girls' names in 1893
Top boys' names in 1893
More about 1893
girls
212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 206 of them was named Lula, which outranked 96.5% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 22,464 of them was named Lula, which outranked 12.2% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 144 names at #1,035; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.