Kulia

Girls' name

From English Julia; literal meaning unconfirmed

Kulia has been given to 12 babies in the U.S. since 2005. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2005, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Kulia, 2012

1 in 610,000

Kulia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kulia: meaning, origin, and history

From English Julia; literal meaning unconfirmed

English

What Kulia means

Kulia is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kulia is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include English.

Kulia comes through English Julia.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kulia is pronounced /kuˈli.a/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 12 girls were recorded with the name Kulia between 2005 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2005; its best national rank was #15,533 in 2005.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kulia?

Kulia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2012, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2012: 1 in 610,000; 6 of 3,657,590 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2012: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 422,543 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kulia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2012 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 422,543 children born in 2012 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kulia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kulias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kulia was born before 2005 — so the typical Kulia is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 12; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Kulia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (6)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #15,533; 2005

Spellings of Kulia

Kulia is not the most common spelling — Julie is, with 28.1% against Kulia's <0.01%.

Julie28.1%511,253
Julia26.1%476,250
Kylie6.7%121,890
Lula4.7%85,248
Lucia3.3%59,335
Celia3.1%56,642
Eula2.6%47,159
Kyla2.4%43,674

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kulia is used

Across 1910–2025, Kulia was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 92,374 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kulia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kulia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #15,533; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 6 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 12
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kulia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sulia Kulani Kaelia Kula Kulsum Tullia Lolia Pelia Arlia Vilia Jelia Illia Yalia Merlia Avelia Xaelia Ollia Silia Novalia Sarelia Acelia Leilia Sylia Cylia

Sibling names for Kulia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Paulo Yair Lavon Tye Deshaun

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