Ulah — girls' name
83 babies named Ulah in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Ulah was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Ulah in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ulah
The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Ulah between 1915 and 1934, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ulah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ulah performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ulah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ulah 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 83 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.
Ulah at a glance
Last recorded 1934Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ulah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1915
- Peak year (1922)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1934.
83 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 11 births in a single year.
Ulah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 46 births that decade — 55% of Ulah's all-time total
Ulah decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ulah's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1915–1934 (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.