Lula was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #36 in 1881 but is far less common today.
Lula is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,937 for girl births in the United States (and #3,544 across all names), given to 100 babies. Lula was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (1,778 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | 100 | #1,937 | — |
| 2024 | 102 | 102 | #1,952 | — |
| 2023 | 110 | 110 | #1,831 | — |
| 2022 | 100 | 100 | #1,971 | — |
| 2021 | 140 | 140 | #1,513 | — |
| 2020 | 117 | 117 | #1,724 | — |
| 2019 | 117 | 117 | #1,759 | — |
| 2018 | 109 | 109 | #1,860 | — |
| 2017 | 118 | 118 | #1,775 | — |
| 2016 | 118 | 118 | #1,768 | — |
| 2015 | 99 | 99 | #2,007 | — |
| 2014 | 87 | 87 | #2,190 | — |
| 2013 | 99 | 99 | #1,985 | — |
| 2012 | 93 | 93 | #2,071 | — |
| 2011 | 69 | 69 | #2,608 | — |
| 2010 | 67 | 67 | #2,684 | — |
| 2009 | 57 | 57 | #3,030 | — |
| 2008 | 51 | 51 | #3,299 | — |
| 2007 | 45 | 45 | #3,637 | — |
| 2006 | 29 | 29 | #4,903 | — |
| 2005 | 35 | 35 | #4,084 | — |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #6,397 | — |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | #6,782 | — |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #7,281 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #10,637 | — |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #7,845 | — |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | #7,509 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #11,880 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | — | #9,485 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #12,797 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #9,218 | — |
| 1994 | 18 | — | #5,374 | — |
| 1993 | 14 | — | #6,469 | — |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #6,514 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #5,832 | — |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #8,258 | — |
| 1989 | 20 | — | #4,603 | — |
| 1988 | 16 | — | #5,211 | — |
| 1987 | 14 | — | #5,476 | — |
| 1986 | 18 | — | #4,458 | — |
| 1985 | 23 | — | #3,678 | — |
| 1984 | 16 | — | #4,636 | — |
| 1983 | 21 | — | #3,757 | — |
| 1982 | 26 | — | #3,308 | — |
| 1981 | 26 | — | #3,302 | — |
| 1980 | 30 | — | #2,969 | — |
| 1979 | 27 | — | #3,120 | — |
| 1978 | 32 | — | #2,656 | — |
| 1977 | 34 | — | #2,536 | — |
| 1976 | 42 | — | #2,085 | — |
| 1975 | 53 | — | #1,765 | — |
| 1974 | 63 | — | #1,544 | — |
| 1973 | 61 | — | #1,534 | — |
| 1972 | 60 | — | #1,552 | — |
| 1971 | 59 | — | #1,606 | — |
| 1970 | 70 | — | #1,458 | — |
| 1969 | 65 | — | #1,460 | — |
| 1968 | 68 | — | #1,359 | — |
| 1967 | 97 | — | #1,053 | — |
| 1966 | 97 | — | #1,069 | — |
| 1965 | 110 | — | #992 | — |
| 1964 | 176 | — | #778 | — |
| 1963 | 145 | — | #871 | — |
| 1962 | 168 | — | #809 | — |
| 1961 | 206 | — | #726 | — |
| 1960 | 241 | — | #655 | — |
| 1959 | 237 | — | #651 | — |
| 1958 | 258 | — | #615 | — |
| 1957 | 308 | — | #547 | — |
| 1956 | 329 | — | #516 | — |
| 1955 | 343 | — | #493 | — |
| 1954 | 403 | — | #437 | — |
| 1953 | 405 | — | #436 | — |
| 1952 | 476 | — | #380 | — |
| 1951 | 532 | — | #346 | — |
| 1950 | 528 | — | #340 | — |
| 1949 | 656 | — | #303 | #4,021 |
| 1948 | 594 | — | #319 | — |
| 1947 | 689 | — | #301 | — |
| 1946 | 685 | — | #279 | #3,820 |
| 1945 | 729 | — | #252 | #2,902 |
| 1944 | 719 | — | #252 | — |
| 1943 | 788 | — | #247 | #3,425 |
| 1942 | 851 | — | #226 | — |
| 1941 | 832 | — | #214 | #2,793 |
| 1940 | 826 | — | #212 | #3,330 |
| 1939 | 928 | — | #193 | #3,782 |
| 1938 | 980 | — | #191 | #3,058 |
| 1937 | 1,097 | — | #182 | #2,417 |
| 1936 | 1,110 | — | #175 | #2,253 |
| 1935 | 1,094 | — | #174 | #2,856 |
| 1934 | 1,131 | — | #166 | #3,173 |
| 1933 | 1,095 | — | #166 | #2,893 |
| 1932 | 1,238 | — | #157 | #3,001 |
| 1931 | 1,163 | — | #162 | #2,793 |
| 1930 | 1,323 | — | #157 | #2,920 |
| 1929 | 1,340 | — | #158 | #3,433 |
| 1928 | 1,394 | — | #158 | #1,878 |
| 1927 | 1,598 | — | #150 | #2,480 |
| 1926 | 1,579 | — | #154 | #2,152 |
| 1925 | 1,719 | — | #149 | #2,533 |
| 1924 | 1,792 | — | #146 | #2,097 |
| 1923 | 1,678 | — | #151 | #4,635 |
| 1922 | 1,764 | — | #142 | #4,701 |
| 1921 | 1,787 | — | #143 | #3,129 |
| 1920 | 1,774 | — | #139 | #3,106 |
| 1919 | 1,776 | — | #134 | — |
| 1918 | 1,779 | — | #132 | #3,271 |
| 1917 | 1,616 | — | #135 | #2,867 |
| 1916 | 1,676 | — | #127 | — |
| 1915 | 1,546 | — | #129 | #2,742 |
| 1914 | 1,345 | — | #120 | — |
| 1913 | 1,189 | — | #111 | #1,891 |
| 1912 | 1,099 | — | #107 | #2,764 |
| 1911 | 975 | — | #94 | #1,904 |
| 1910 | 982 | — | #93 | #1,375 |
| 1909 | 922 | — | #91 | — |
| 1908 | 892 | — | #89 | — |
| 1907 | 905 | — | #84 | — |
| 1906 | 917 | — | #79 | #1,197 |
| 1905 | 963 | — | #78 | — |
| 1904 | 894 | — | #77 | — |
| 1903 | 921 | — | #73 | #885 |
| 1902 | 983 | — | #71 | #988 |
| 1901 | 910 | — | #67 | #1,153 |
| 1900 | 1,237 | — | #63 | — |
| 1899 | 894 | — | #67 | — |
| 1898 | 1,080 | — | #64 | #690 |
| 1897 | 971 | — | #63 | — |
| 1896 | 1,012 | — | #64 | — |
| 1895 | 987 | — | #64 | — |
| 1894 | 1,049 | — | #60 | #918 |
| 1893 | 1,039 | — | #57 | #1,133 |
| 1892 | 1,098 | — | #53 | — |
| 1891 | 1,010 | — | #50 | — |
| 1890 | 1,126 | — | #48 | #1,094 |
| 1889 | 1,072 | — | #47 | #1,054 |
| 1888 | 1,173 | — | #44 | — |
| 1887 | 891 | — | #47 | — |
| 1886 | 1,040 | — | #40 | — |
| 1885 | 949 | — | #41 | — |
| 1884 | 916 | — | #39 | — |
| 1883 | 790 | — | #43 | — |
| 1882 | 780 | — | #40 | — |
| 1881 | 655 | — | #36 | — |
| 1880 | 621 | — | #39 | — |