Boy or Girl

Is Lula a boy or girl name?

Lula is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 101 girls and 0 boys were named Lula, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 85,485 US babies named Lula were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#1,958
Babies named Lula since 1880
85,485
Most popular year
1924
1,792 babies
Babies named Lula each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Lula from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05001,0001,5002,00018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Lula, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s58,88299.9%
1890s2810,23899.7%
1900s269,51899.7%
1910s5313,93099.6%
1920s10816,31799.3%
1930s8211,07799.3%
1940s377,33199.5%
1950s03,819100%
1960s01,373100%
1970s0501100%
1980s0210100%
1990s0116100%
2000s0290100%
2010s0976100%
2020s0568100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–101#1,958
20230–110#1,830
20220–100#1,970
20210–140#1,512
20200–117#1,724
20190–117#1,759
20180–109#1,859
20170–118#1,774
20160–118#1,767
20150–99#2,007
20140–87#2,189
20130–99#1,984
20120–93#2,071
20110–69#2,608
20100–67#2,684
20090–57#3,030
20080–51#3,298
20070–45#3,635
20060–29#4,901
20050–35#4,084
20040–19#6,397
20030–17#6,782
20020–15#7,281
20010–9#10,636
20000–13#7,842
19990–13#7,509
19980–7#11,880
19970–9#9,485
19960–6#12,797
19950–9#9,218
19940–18#5,374
19930–14#6,469
19920–14#6,514
19910–16#5,832
19900–10#8,258
19890–20#4,603
19880–16#5,212
19870–14#5,475
19860–18#4,458
19850–23#3,678
19840–16#4,636
19830–21#3,757
19820–26#3,308
19810–26#3,300
19800–30#2,969
19790–27#3,120
19780–32#2,655
19770–34#2,537
19760–42#2,084
19750–53#1,764
19740–63#1,544
19730–61#1,534
19720–60#1,552
19710–59#1,606
19700–70#1,458
19690–65#1,460
19680–68#1,359
19670–97#1,052
19660–97#1,069
19650–110#992
19640–176#778
19630–145#871
19620–168#809
19610–206#726
19600–241#655
19590–237#651
19580–259#615
19570–307#547
19560–329#516
19550–343#493
19540–403#437
19530–405#436
19520–476#380
19510–532#346
19500–528#340
19495#4,021651#303
19480–594#319
19470–689#301
19465#3,819679#282
19457#2,902722#252
19440–719#252
19436#3,425782#247
19420–851#226
19418#2,793824#214
19406#3,330820#212
19395#3,782923#193
19387#3,057973#191
193710#2,4171,087#182
193611#2,2531,100#175
19358#2,8561,086#174
19347#3,1731,124#166
19338#2,8941,087#166
19328#3,0011,229#157
19319#2,7931,154#162
19309#2,9201,314#157
19297#3,4341,333#158
192818#1,8781,376#158
192712#2,4801,586#150
192615#2,1521,564#154
192512#2,5331,707#149
192416#2,0971,776#146
19235#4,6351,673#151
19225#4,7011,759#142
19219#3,1291,778#143
19209#3,1061,765#139
19190–1,776#134
19188#3,2711,771#132
19179#2,8671,607#135
19160–1,676#127
19159#2,7421,537#129
19140–1,345#120
191310#1,8911,179#111
19125#2,7641,094#107
19115#1,904970#94
19107#1,375975#93
19090–922#91
19080–892#89
19070–905#84
19066#1,197911#79
19050–963#78
19040–894#77
19038#885913#73
19027#988976#71
19015#1,153905#67
19000–1,237#63
18990–894#67
189811#6901,069#64
18970–971#63
18960–1,012#64
18950–987#64
18947#9181,042#60
18935#1,1331,034#57
18920–1,098#53
18910–1,010#50
18905#1,0941,121#48
18895#1,0541,067#47
18880–1,173#44
18870–891#47
18860–1,040#40
18850–949#41
18840–916#39
18830–790#43
18820–780#40
18810–655#36
18800–621#39

Highest rank

As a boy name, Lula reached #690 in 1898. As a girl name, it reached #36 in 1881. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Lula

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.