How Many People Are Named Lula?
people named Lula are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,127 people in the US has this name
Based on 85,587 babies named Lula in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,792 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of LOUISE and names that begin with Lu.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lula (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lula alive today is about 67 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lula first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 1,792 babies. In 2025, 100 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lula never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #36, in 1881, and it was in the top 100 for 32 years, 1880 to 1911. In 2025 it ranked #1,937.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,937 |
| Best rank | #36 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | 32 (1880 to 1911) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #151 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lula alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lula were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 1,456 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lula was given 5.1 times as often in Mississippi, 4 times in South Carolina and 3.8 times in Alabama.
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