Girls' name · since 1899
Ulla
105 babies named Ulla in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,632 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,974 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 1899
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ulla currently ranks #10974 among girls' names in America, with 105 babies recorded since 1899.
Social Security Administration records show Ulla recorded 105 times among girls since 1899, holding rank #10974 nationally today, ahead of 37% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 2025.
- #26,632 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,974 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 105 born since 1899
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ulla ranks #26,632 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,974 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 105 born since 1899, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,632 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,974 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 1899
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ulla's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ulla compares
105 26th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ulla's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ulla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 105 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ulla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ulla's full recorded timeline at 1971, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1899, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ulla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 127 years of records
Ulla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 26% of the file).
2020s was Ulla's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Ulla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
15 births
- 1950s
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (26% of all-time use).
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Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~126 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1899–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ulla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.