Lula

Girl name

Lula has been given to 85,587 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1924.

Meaning & origin

th-century variant of Lulu, nickname of Louisa and Lucy. In rare cases, shortened from Tallulah.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

85,587

Peak year

1924 (1,792 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +1%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lula.

85,949 babies since 1880

86,026 babies since 1880

86,067 babies since 1880

87,202 babies since 1880

89,067 babies since 1880

81,514 babies since 1880

81,200 babies since 1880

90,427 babies since 1880

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