Lulia

#12,653 in 2025Girls' name

The region of Lydia, through Lydia

Lulia has been given to 193 babies in the U.S. since 1894. In 2025 it ranked #12,653 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Lulia, 2025

1 in 474,000

Lulia 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lulia: meaning, origin, and history

The region of Lydia, through Lydia

English

What Lulia means

Lulia belongs to the name family reached through Lulia → Lydia. Its meaning is “the region of Lydia”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lulia is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include English.

Lulia comes through English Lydia.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lydia.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Lulia is pronounced /luˈli.a/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 193 girls were recorded with the name Lulia between 1894 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2014; its best national rank was #1,615 in 1894.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,434 in 2020 to #12,653 in 2025.

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 Lulia?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,653; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lulia 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 2025 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lulia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lulias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lulia was born before 2012 — so the typical Lulia is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 37.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 69.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 134; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 37.3% of all recorded uses (72).

Is Lulia 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: −1,898; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,781; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 63.6%; Peak was 2014 (11)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,615; 1894

Spellings of Lulia

Lulia is not the most common spelling — Julie is, with 22.5% against Lulia's <0.01%.

Julie22.5%511,253
Julia21.0%476,250
Lydia8.2%187,039
Lola4.3%96,892
Luna3.9%87,715
Lula3.8%85,248
Lila3.4%76,493
Lucia2.6%59,335

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.

Lulia around the world

Where Lulia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2003–2025
#4,201
in 2025
France
2005–2025
#6,454
in 2025
Canada
2020–2023
#2,973
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Lulia by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,653
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,781
Best rank ever: #1,615; 1894
Peak year: 2014; 11 that year
First recorded: 1894
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 193
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Lulia

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

Lulie Lulani Ahlia Helia Salia Aelia Tilia Xalia Milia Lulwa Lalia Mylia Allia Ghalia Lylia Valia Lulla Zalia Kailia Nahlia Zaylia Laelia Omelia Emalia

Sibling names for Lulia

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

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Sydnie Halie Rhianna Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Caesar

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