Girls' name · since 1886
Lulah
53 babies named Lulah in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1889. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1886
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lulah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 53 have been recorded since 1886.
Social Security Administration records show Lulah recorded 53 times among girls since 1886, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 2018.
- #34,374 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1886
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lulah ranks #34,374 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1886, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1886
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lulah's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lulah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lulah splits its recorded history at 1927: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1886 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1889 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lulah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–2018
- Peak year (1889)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 133 years of records
Lulah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (21 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Lulah's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Lulah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
14 births
- 1890s 7
1890s
7 births
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lulah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1889)
Similar record span (~132 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1886–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lulah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.