Thula — girls' name

What the Data Says About Thula

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Thula between 1886 and 1935, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thula currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thula performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Thula shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thula in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thula 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 164 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.