Girls' name · since 1965
Ursala
Since 1965, U.S. Social Security records show 92 babies named Ursala, peaking in 1968. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,115 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ursala is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 92 have been recorded since 1965.
Ursala has 92 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1989.
- #28,115 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1965
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ursala ranks #28,115 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1965, peaking in the 1970s.
- #28,115 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ursala's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ursala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ursala's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ursala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1989
- Peak year (1968)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Ursala by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (53 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Ursala's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Ursala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 53 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Ursala's decade-level peak was the 1970s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ursala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1965–1989 (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 Ursala 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.