Recorded 1916–2018 Girls' name Peak 1918 154 births

Rula — girls' name

154 babies named Rula in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s231920s341970s251980s511990s102010s11
1980s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Rula was born in this single decade.

1918
Single peak year

10 babies were named Rula in 1918 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rula

The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Rula between 1916 and 2018, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rula currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rula performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rula shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rula 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 154 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.

Rula at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

154

Since 1916

103 years of records

Peak year

1918

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1916

Recorded for 103 years

Last year on file: 2018

Rula popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1916

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1918)
10
Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
4681012 201819921986198119781929192319191916 5

Rula by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
51 births that decade — 33% of Rula's all-time total
1910s231920s341970s251980s511990s102010s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rula?
154 babies have been named Rula since 1916. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1918 with 10 births.
When was Rula most popular?
Rula was most popular in the 1980s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 1918.
How long has the name Rula been used?
Rula has been recorded in Social Security data since 1916, spanning 103 years of data through 2018.

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, 1916–2018 (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.