Ulma — girls' name
17 babies named Ulma in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1903. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Ulma was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Ulma in 1903 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ulma
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Ulma between 1903 and 1925, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ulma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1925. The name reached its historical peak in 1903, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ulma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ulma shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ulma 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 17 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.
Ulma at a glance
Last recorded 1925Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ulma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1903
- Peak year (1903)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1925.
17 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1903 with 7 births in a single year.
Ulma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 10 births that decade — 59% of Ulma's all-time total
Ulma decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ulma's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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, 1903–1925 (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.