Is Ursula a boy or girl name?
Ursula is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 25 girls and 0 boys were named Ursula, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 14,782 US babies named Ursula were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,266
- Babies named Ursula since 1881
- 14,782
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 400 babies
Boys and girls named Ursula, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 121 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 279 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 460 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 1,141 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 1,441 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 1,126 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 785 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,087 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 2,810 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 2,740 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,398 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 591 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 357 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 295 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 151 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 25 | #5,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 39 | #3,902 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 25 | #5,291 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 34 | #4,234 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 28 | #4,745 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 23 | #5,599 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 29 | #4,762 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 33 | #4,375 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 30 | #4,726 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 41 | #3,754 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 24 | #5,619 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 30 | #4,742 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 27 | #5,245 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 26 | #5,348 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 32 | #4,600 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 39 | #4,009 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 24 | #5,943 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 38 | #4,124 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 30 | #4,800 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 26 | #5,105 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 34 | #4,166 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 47 | #3,184 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 31 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 44 | #3,193 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 44 | #3,164 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 52 | #2,699 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 66 | #2,187 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 39 | #3,099 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 37 | #3,233 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 49 | #2,586 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 62 | #2,187 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 47 | #2,636 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 62 | #2,188 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 80 | #1,806 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 97 | #1,576 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 106 | #1,412 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 128 | #1,186 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 130 | #1,144 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 127 | #1,140 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 131 | #1,107 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 132 | #1,066 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 148 | #987 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 160 | #937 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 170 | #890 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 166 | #912 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 181 | #861 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 179 | #834 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 217 | #716 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 230 | #668 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 261 | #609 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 268 | #592 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 297 | #554 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 377 | #477 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 395 | #488 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 335 | #555 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 384 | #497 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 354 | #514 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 400 | #474 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 368 | #488 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 355 | #505 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 236 | #666 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 203 | #719 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 194 | #741 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 182 | #780 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 134 | #918 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 119 | #969 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 121 | #940 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 109 | #1,001 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 134 | #867 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 144 | #808 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 119 | #882 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 89 | #1,025 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 93 | #981 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 82 | #1,030 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 77 | #1,052 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 68 | #1,103 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 65 | #1,115 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 87 | #957 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 72 | #996 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 78 | #855 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 85 | #832 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 71 | #934 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 83 | #843 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 90 | #755 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 86 | #751 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 108 | #654 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 104 | #677 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 100 | #682 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 114 | #619 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 115 | #610 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 107 | #651 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 132 | #557 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 101 | #674 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 104 | #652 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 141 | #578 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 127 | #608 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 122 | #641 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 131 | #626 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 122 | #654 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 144 | #608 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 152 | #609 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 181 | #527 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 159 | #571 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 143 | #611 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 160 | #567 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 142 | #592 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 155 | #573 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 135 | #589 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 147 | #550 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 144 | #525 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 119 | #514 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 99 | #511 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 79 | #552 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 66 | #514 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 55 | #559 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 61 | #482 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 48 | #534 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 42 | #571 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 55 | #462 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 50 | #484 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 37 | #557 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 46 | #477 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 35 | #558 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 45 | #447 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 41 | #530 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 29 | #576 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 40 | #490 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 32 | #528 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 31 | #549 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 39 | #470 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 22 | #641 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 18 | #710 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 21 | #635 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 21 | #587 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 26 | #523 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 18 | #619 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 14 | #723 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 20 | #510 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 19 | #527 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 19 | #499 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 9 | #785 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 7 | #814 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 9 | #672 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 6 | #821 |
Highest rank
Ursula has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #447 in 1901. 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 1960s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
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.