Ula
Ula is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 717th, in 1898.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192456 births
- Best rank
- #717in 1898
- Since 1880
- 1,613people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,613 girls have been named Ula in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 56 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1926, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ula | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | |
| 1890s | 84 | |
| 1900s | 122 | |
| 1910s | 281 | |
| 1920s | 400 | |
| 1930s | 211 | |
| 1940s | 135 | |
| 1950s | 88 | |
| 1960s | 52 | |
| 1970s | 42 | |
| 1980s | 8 | |
| 1990s | 6 | |
| 2000s | 60 | |
| 2010s | 56 | |
| 2020s | 23 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Ula was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Ula
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aldapeak 1918
- Leotapeak 1918
- Mablepeak 1922
- Elvapeak 1918
- Elmapeak 1918
- Delphapeak 1921
- Idellapeak 1921
- Eulapeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.