Lulah — girls' name
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.
40% of everyone ever named Lulah was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Lulah in 1889 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lulah
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Lulah between 1886 and 2018, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lulah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1889, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lulah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lulah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lulah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 53 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lulah at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lulah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1886
- Peak year (1889)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 133 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
53 total births across 133 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1889 with 9 births in a single year.
Lulah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 21 births that decade — 40% of Lulah's all-time total
Lulah decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lulah's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1886–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.