Ursala — girls' name
92 babies named Ursala in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Ursala was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ursala in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ursala
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Ursala between 1965 and 1989, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ursala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ursala performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ursala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ursala 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 92 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.
Ursala at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ursala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1965
- Peak year (1968)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
92 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 9 births in a single year.
Ursala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 53 births that decade — 58% of Ursala's all-time total
Ursala decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ursala's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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, 1965–1989 (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.