Ula — #11081 US girls' name
1,613 babies named Ula in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Ula was born in this single decade.
56 babies were named Ula in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ula
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,613 babies named Ula between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ula currently holds the #11081 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 56 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ula performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 400 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ula shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Ula in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ula 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 1,613 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.
Ula at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ula popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1924)
- 56
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #11081 among girls.
1,613 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 56 births in a single year.
Ula popularity over time — boys
31 total births recorded since 1917 (Ula as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ula accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ula by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 400 births that decade — 25% of Ula's all-time total
Ula decade highlights
- Peak decade 400 births
- Runner-up 281 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ula's strongest decade
400 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Ula by state
Where Ula concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Kansas | | 5 | 0.3% |
11 of 1,613 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 0.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.7% of nationwide
- Kentucky 0.6% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 0.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ula appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.