How rare is the name Lula?

13,248 people in the United States have the first name Lula, about 1 in 22,798. It ranks #2,049 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LULA

#2,049

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,248
About
1 in 22,798
This common or more
78.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,248 people named Lula, 55% reported their origin as Black, 37.5% as White and 2.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lula peaked in 1924, when 1,792 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1924
Births that year
1,792
In 2025*
100 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 85,587 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lula by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #61. The largest share of babies named Lula, 42%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#618,887
1890s#7810,266
1900s#1039,544
1910s#21213,983
1920s#26316,425
1930s#31911,159
1940s#4807,369
1950s#8263,819
1960s#1,5231,373
1970s#2,974501
1980s#6,188210
1990s#11,762116
2000s#7,791290
2010s#3,603976
2020s#3,310669
Before 190123.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2742%
Silent Generation 1928–4521.8%
Baby boom 1946–648.6%
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–960.3%
Generation Z 1997–120.6%
2013 and later1.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lula is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lula has been most common in Mississippi (7.9×), Alabama (5.5×), and South Carolina (5.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.02×).

52,964 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Lula

#2,047 Kory · 13,277#2,048 Kirby · 13,276#2,050 Deja · 13,244#2,051 Wendi · 13,242

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lula, most common first.

#4,633 Lulu · 3,955#23,544 Lul · 415#37,508 Lule · 208#38,175 Lulia · 202#49,173 Luly · 127

Also a last name

As a last name, Lula ranks #73,555 of 156,621, with 284 people. See Lula as a last name

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