Ursula

#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births

Peak · girls
#441
1901 · 45 births
Debut · girls
1881
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,811
since 1881

Ursula over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ursula has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #441, 1901girls
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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,66129
2024#5,14825
2023#3,83339
2022#5,17225
2021#4,16734
2020#4,64828
2019#5,44923
2018#4,66229
2017#4,30433
2016#4,63230
2015#3,70541
2014#5,45624
2013#4,64530
2012#5,11427
2011#5,20726
2010#4,49432
2009#3,94439
2008#5,75024
2007#4,05038
2006#4,68530
2005#4,95826
2004#4,09334
2003#3,13147
2002#4,07131
2001#3,14244
2000#3,12144
1999#2,67552
1998#2,16466
1997#3,03639
1996#3,14937
1995#2,55249
1994#2,16762
1993#2,60047
1992#2,15662
1991#1,77980
1990#1,56897
1989#1,405106
1988#1,181128
1987#1,136130
1986#1,136127
1985#1,103131
1984#1,059132
1983#983148
1982#934160
1981#889170
1980#909166
1979#860181
1978#829179
1977#714217
1976#667230
1975#608261
1974#591268
1973#554297
1972#476377
1971#487395
1970#554335
1969#496384
1968#514354
1967#474400
1966#488368
1965#504355
1964#666236
1963#717203
1962#739194
1961#779182
1960#915134
1959#965119
1958#937121
1957#995109
1956#861134
1955#804144
1954#878119
1953#1,01889
1952#97593
1951#1,02782
1950#1,04177
1949#1,08868
1948#1,10565
1947#95187
1946#98572
1945#85078
1944#82785
1943#92271
1942#83583
1941#75190
1940#74186
1939#652108
1938#674104
1937#680100
1936#619114
1935#607115
1934#648107
1933#553132
1932#670101
1931#649104
1930#574141
1929#608127
1928#639122
1927#623131
1926#653122
1925#605144
1924#604152
1923#524181
1922#569159
1921#608143
1920#567160
1919#587142
1918#572155
1917#586135
1916#547147
1915#523144
1914#511119
1913#51199
1912#55079
1911#51166
1910#55055
1909#47961
1908#52748
1907#56442
1906#45855
1905#48150
1904#54537
1903#47046
1902#54535
1901#44145
1900#52441
1899#56529
1898#48640
1897#52132
1896#53831
1895#46539
1894#62822
1893#68718
1892#61621
1891#57221
1890#50826
1889#60018
1888#69014
1887#49920
1886#50819
1885#48419
1884#7319
1883#7547
1882#6349
1881#7406
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.

See more about Ursula
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s121#484 (1885)#627
1890s279#465 (1895)#559
1900s460#441 (1901)#503
1910s1,141#511 (1914)#545
1920s1,441#524 (1923)#600
1930s1,126#553 (1933)#633
1940s785#741 (1940)#906
1950s1,087#804 (1955)#950
1960s2,810#474 (1967)#629
1970s2,740#476 (1972)#634
1980s1,398#889 (1981)#1,074
1990s591#1,568 (1990)#2,385
2000s357#3,121 (2000)#4,095
2010s295#3,705 (2015)#4,767
2020s180#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 1899

girls
#565
29 births · 1 in 8,035 girls

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #565Ursula29
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 8,035 of them was named Ursula, which outranked 69.3% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ursula
  1. #550Rilla30
  2. #550Rosina30
  3. #550Winnifred30
  4. #565Ursula29
  5. #565Arline29
  6. #565Berniece29
  7. #565Corrine29
  8. #578Edwina28
  9. #578Eleanore28
  10. #578Elna28

Tied with 12 names at #565; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 972Tula#1,700 → #728
  2. ↑ 865Josefina#1,700 → #835
  3. ↑ 822Lempi#1,700 → #878
  4. ↑ 822Villa#1,700 → #878
  5. ↑ 774Fae#1,502 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 946Rosia#650 → #1,596
  2. ↓ 710Lelar#886 → #1,596
  3. ↓ 676Tinnie#920 → #1,596
  4. ↓ 676Tracy#920 → #1,596
  5. ↓ 633Alena#963 → #1,596

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

See the top 100 for 1899 →