Ula

#17,084 in 2025Girls' name

Diminutive of Urszula

Ula has been given to 1,649 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #17,084 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1924, with 56 recorded.

Babies named Ula, 2025

1 in 663,000

Ula over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ula: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Urszula

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ula means

Ula is a diminutive of Urszula.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ula is used in Polish and Slovene.

Origin, language, and formation

Ula is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Urszula.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,618 girls were recorded with the name Ula between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 56 in 1924; its best national rank was #717 in 1898.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,769 in 2015 to #17,084 in 2025.

In the United States, 31 boys were recorded with the name Ula between 1917 and 1926. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1922; its best national rank was #3,480 in 1924.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ula?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #17,084; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ula 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ula. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ulas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ula was born before 1926 — so the typical Ula is around 99 today.

Median birth year: 1926; About 99 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 24.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 8.6%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 340; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 24.7% of all recorded uses (400).

Is Ula 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: −5,017; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −5,315; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.56×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 8.9%; Peak was 1924 (56)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #717; 1898

Where Ula is used

Across 1910–2025, Ula was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 570,752 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Georgia1 in —
2Illinois1 in —
3Indiana1 in —
4Kansas1 in —
5Kentucky1 in —
6Louisiana1 in —
7Missouri1 in —
8North Carolina1 in —

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. Ula has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ula around the world

Where Ula 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
2001–2025
#3,333
in 2025
Ireland
2007–2013
#747
in 2013
South Australia
1950–2011
#840
in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ula by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #17,084
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #717; 1898
Peak year: 1924; 56 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,618
Count in 2025: 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,480; 1924
Peak year: 1922; 8 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 1926
All-time count: 31
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ula

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

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Sibling names for Ula

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

Concepcion Tressie Kattie Belva George Mozelle Johnie Merle

For a brother

Delmer Eldridge Lenard Dewitt Frances Trinidad Granville Loyd

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