Lula
Lula was given to 100 girls in 2025, #1,937 among girls’ names; 85,587 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,600 Americans named Lula and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (16% of everyone recorded); the median is 76 years old and half are between 64 and 84.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lula by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lula mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lula is “a female given name.”
19th-century variant of Lulu, nickname of Louisa and Lucy. In rare cases, shortened from Tallulah.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lula?
#1,937 among girls’ names, 2025
Lula rose from #2,007 in 2015 to #1,937 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 55.5 to 62.2 per million.
1,792 babies in 1924, the peak
Lula peaked in 1924, when 1,792 babies were given it (1,776 girls, #146 among girls’ names). The 100 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #1,937 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 102 | #1,952 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,831 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 100 | #1,971 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 140 | #1,513 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 117 | #1,724 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 117 | #1,759 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,860 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 118 | #1,775 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,768 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 99 | #2,007 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 87 | #2,190 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,985 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 93 | #2,071 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,607 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,684 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 57 | #3,029 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,298 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,636 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,902 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,080 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,392 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,777 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,275 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,630 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,837 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,503 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,873 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,480 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,791 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,213 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,369 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,463 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,508 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,826 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,252 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,597 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,206 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,471 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,455 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,677 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,635 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,756 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,307 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,302 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,969 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,120 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,656 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,536 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,085 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,765 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,544 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,534 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 60 | #1,552 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,606 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 70 | #1,458 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 65 | #1,460 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 68 | #1,359 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 97 | #1,053 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 97 | #1,069 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 110 | #992 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 176 | #778 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 145 | #871 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 168 | #809 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 206 | #726 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 241 | #655 | 0.12 |
| 1959 | 237 | #651 | 0.12 |
| 1958 | 258 | #615 | 0.13 |
| 1957 | 308 | #546 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 329 | #515 | 0.16 |
| 1955 | 343 | #492 | 0.18 |
| 1954 | 403 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1953 | 405 | #435 | 0.22 |
| 1952 | 476 | #379 | 0.26 |
| 1951 | 532 | #345 | 0.30 |
| 1950 | 528 | #340 | 0.31 |
| 1949 | 651 | #303 | 0.38 |
| 1948 | 594 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1947 | 689 | #301 | 0.39 |
| 1946 | 680 | #279 | 0.43 |
| 1945 | 722 | #252 | 0.55 |
| 1944 | 719 | #252 | 0.54 |
| 1943 | 782 | #247 | 0.56 |
| 1942 | 851 | #226 | 0.63 |
| 1941 | 824 | #214 | 0.68 |
| 1940 | 820 | #212 | 0.72 |
| 1939 | 923 | #193 | 0.84 |
| 1938 | 973 | #191 | 0.88 |
| 1937 | 1,087 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1936 | 1,099 | #175 | 1.1 |
| 1935 | 1,086 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1934 | 1,124 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1933 | 1,087 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1932 | 1,230 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1931 | 1,154 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1930 | 1,314 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1929 | 1,333 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1928 | 1,376 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1927 | 1,586 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1926 | 1,564 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1925 | 1,707 | #149 | 1.4 |
| 1924 | 1,776 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1923 | 1,673 | #151 | 1.4 |
| 1922 | 1,759 | #142 | 1.5 |
| 1921 | 1,778 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 1920 | 1,765 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1919 | 1,776 | #134 | 1.6 |
| 1918 | 1,771 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1917 | 1,607 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1916 | 1,676 | #127 | 1.6 |
| 1915 | 1,537 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1914 | 1,345 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1913 | 1,179 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1912 | 1,094 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1911 | 970 | #94 | 2.3 |
| 1910 | 975 | #93 | 2.5 |
| 1909 | 922 | #91 | 2.7 |
| 1908 | 892 | #89 | 2.7 |
| 1907 | 905 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1906 | 911 | #79 | 3.1 |
| 1905 | 963 | #78 | 3.3 |
| 1904 | 894 | #77 | 3.2 |
| 1903 | 913 | #73 | 3.5 |
| 1902 | 976 | #71 | 3.7 |
| 1901 | 905 | #67 | 3.8 |
| 1900 | 1,237 | #63 | 4.1 |
| 1899 | 894 | #67 | 3.8 |
| 1898 | 1,069 | #64 | 4.1 |
| 1897 | 971 | #63 | 4.1 |
| 1896 | 1,012 | #64 | 4.3 |
| 1895 | 987 | #64 | 4.2 |
| 1894 | 1,042 | #60 | 4.7 |
| 1893 | 1,034 | #57 | 4.9 |
| 1892 | 1,098 | #53 | 5.2 |
| 1891 | 1,010 | #50 | 5.4 |
| 1890 | 1,121 | #48 | 5.9 |
| 1889 | 1,067 | #47 | 6.0 |
| 1888 | 1,173 | #44 | 6.6 |
| 1887 | 891 | #47 | 6.1 |
| 1886 | 1,040 | #40 | 7.2 |
| 1885 | 949 | #41 | 7.1 |
| 1884 | 916 | #39 | 7.1 |
| 1883 | 790 | #43 | 7.0 |
| 1882 | 780 | #40 | 7.2 |
| 1881 | 655 | #36 | 7.1 |
| 1880 | 621 | #39 | 6.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lula a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lula has been given almost only to girls: 339 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lula: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lula, and how old are they?
13,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 16% of the 85,587 Americans ever recorded as Lula. The median Lula alive today is 76 years old; half are between 64 and 84.
The 2020 Census counted 13,248 people named Lula (13,210 women and girls, 38 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 17,954 born in the U.S. The Census count is 26% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,870 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,460 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 890 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 259 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 543 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,410 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lula born?
The states with the most babies named Lula are Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5,444 | #898 | 3.4× |
| Mississippi | 5,385 | #422 | 4.5× |
| Georgia | 5,216 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| North Carolina | 4,791 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| South Carolina | 4,236 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Texas | 3,765 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 2,916 | #1,240 | 1.9× |
| Louisiana | 2,836 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Kentucky | 2,766 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Arkansas | 2,219 | not ranked | 2.1× |
Where Lula is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lula is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lula with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 143,901 babies since 1880, Lula is the most given (59% of them). In 2025 it was given to 100 of their 603 babies (17%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lula
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lula and names like it
- Compare Lula and LuellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLula peaked in 1924.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lula since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Lula.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lula alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.