Girls' name · peaked in 1882
Lula name popularity since 1925
34,112 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lula. Half of them were born in 1938 or earlier, so the typical Lula is about 88 years old in 2026. Lula peaked in 1882 as the #40 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 34,112
- Named Lula, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1882
- #40 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,937 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 33,929 girls · 183 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 9.51× its national share
Peak year is the year Lula made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lula births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Lula peaked earlier, in 1882.
- Steepest fall: Between 1960 and 1965, Lula's share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 8,390 to 1 in 16,000.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Lula's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lula.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lula in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 7,566 | 64 | – |
| 1930s | 11,077 | 82 | #174 |
| 1940s | 7,332 | 37 | #252 |
| 1950s | 3,819 | 0 | #493 |
| 1960s | 1,373 | 0 | #992 |
| 1970s | 501 | 0 | #1,765 |
| 1980s | 210 | 0 | #3,678 |
| 1990s | 116 | 0 | #9,218 |
| 2000s | 290 | 0 | #4,084 |
| 2010s | 976 | 0 | #2,007 |
| 2020–25 | 669 | 0 | #1,937 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
54.6% of babies named Lula from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Lula is most popular
The index compares Lula's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lula.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 9.51× | 3,584 |
| Alabama | 6.03× | 3,316 |
| South Carolina | 5.86× | 2,552 |
| Arkansas | 4.24× | 1,355 |
| Georgia | 3.37× | 2,896 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lula's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lula.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lula (1882).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data