Zula — #7224 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zula

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,445 babies named Zula between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zula currently holds the #7224 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 127 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zula performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 892 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Zula shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 251 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Zula in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zula 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 4,445 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.