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.
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 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 22,301 of them was named Ula, which outranked 82.5% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,017Tennie57
- #1,017Vallie57
- #1,017Veta57
- #1,031Ula56
- #1,031Angelica56
- #1,031Arthur56
- #1,031Burnice56
- #1,046Audie55
- #1,046Beatriz55
- #1,046Cleora55
Tied with 14 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 141,593 of them was named Ula, which outranked 34.4% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).