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

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Peak · girls
1881 · 655 births
Debut · girls
621 births
In top 100 · girls
32 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
85,248
since 1880

Lula over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #36, 1881girls
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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#1,927100
2024#1,942102
2023#1,826110
2022#1,961100
2021#1,506140
2020#1,721117
2019#1,755117
2018#1,852109
2017#1,770118
2016#1,757118
2015#1,99699
2014#2,17687
2013#1,97799
2012#2,06493
2011#2,58969
2010#2,67067
2009#3,00057
2008#3,26751
2007#3,60145
2006#4,81129
2005#4,02935
2004#6,21619
2003#6,57617
2002#7,04515
2001#10,1029
2000#7,58013
1999#7,23913
1998#11,1387
1997#9,0179
1996#11,8076
1995#8,7669
1994#5,24918
1993#6,26414
1992#6,31414
1991#5,65916
1990#7,88010
1989#4,52220
1988#5,06516
1987#5,31214
1986#4,34718
1985#3,62123
1984#4,47816
1983#3,68721
1982#3,26026
1981#3,25326
1980#2,94030
1979#3,07827
1978#2,62932
1977#2,51534
1976#2,06042
1975#1,75653
1974#1,53263
1973#1,52761
1972#1,54160
1971#1,59459
1970#1,45270
1969#1,45365
1968#1,34768
1967#1,04697
1966#1,06397
1965#989110
1964#778176
1963#870145
1962#806168
1961#724206
1960#653241
1959#650237
1958#615258
1957#547308
1956#516329
1955#492343
1954#437403
1953#436405
1952#379476
1951#345532
1950#340528
1949#303651#3,6905
1948#319594
1947#301689
1946#279680#3,5255
1945#252722#2,7437
1944#251719
1943#245782#3,2316
1942#226851
1941#214824#2,6568
1940#212820#3,1306
1939#192923#3,4805
1938#191973#2,8687
1937#1821,087#2,33210
1936#1751,099#2,18411
1935#1741,086#2,7198
1934#1661,124#2,9737
1933#1661,087#2,7388
1932#1571,230#2,8498
1931#1621,154#2,6519
1930#1571,314#2,7819
1929#1581,333#3,2477
1928#1581,376#1,82218
1927#1501,586#2,40812
1926#1541,564#2,07415
1925#1491,707#2,43512
1924#1461,776#2,04316
1923#1511,673#4,2395
1922#1421,759#4,3075
1921#1431,778#2,9869
1920#1391,765#2,9679
1919#1341,776
1918#1321,771#3,0968
1917#1351,607#2,7329
1916#1271,676
1915#1291,537#2,6219
1914#1201,345
1913#1101,179#1,80310
1912#1071,094#2,5445
1911#94970#1,7405
1910#93975#1,3147
1909#91922
1908#89892
1907#84905
1906#78911#1,1116
1905#78963
1904#77894
1903#73913#8468
1902#71976#9337
1901#67905#1,0585
1900#621,237
1899#67894
1898#641,069#66311
1897#63971
1896#641,012
1895#64987
1894#601,042#8577
1893#571,034#1,0355
1892#531,098
1891#501,010
1890#481,121#9945
1889#471,067#9745
1888#441,173
1887#47891
1886#401,040
1885#41949
1884#39916
1883#43790
1882#40780
1881#36655
1880#39621
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #36 (655 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 76 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1880–1911
  • Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1880–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 138
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.1% of all girls named Lula (16,317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s8,882#36 (1881)#42
1890s10,238#48 (1890)#59
1900s9,518#62 (1900)#77
1910s13,930#93 (1910)#118
1920s16,317#139 (1920)#149
1930s11,077#157 (1930)#172
1940s7,332#212 (1940)#260
1950s3,819#340 (1950)#476
1960s1,373#653 (1960)#973
1970s501#1,452 (1970)#1,968
1980s210#2,940 (1980)#4,049
1990s116#5,249 (1994)#7,933
2000s290#3,000 (2009)#5,623
2010s976#1,755 (2019)#2,061
2020s669#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 1927

girls
#150
1,586 births · 1 in 752 girls
boys
#2,408
12 births · 1 in 93,910 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #150Lula1,586

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #2,408Lula12
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 752 of them was named Lula, which outranked 97.3% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lula
  1. #147Sally1,630
  2. #148Anita1,629
  3. #149Inez1,591
  4. #150Lula1,586
  5. #151Blanche1,568
  6. #152Rosie1,560
  7. #153Verna1,535
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 93,910 of them was named Lula, which outranked 49.9% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lula
  1. #2,298Ysidro13
  2. #2,298Zachary13
  3. #2,298Zeno13
  4. #2,408Lula12
  5. #2,408Achille12
  6. #2,408Ada12
  7. #2,408Alanson12
  8. #2,523Abie11
  9. #2,523Alexis11
  10. #2,523Alfons11

Tied with 114 names at #2,408; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927