How Many People Are Named Ursula?
people named Ursula are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,110 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,811 babies named Ursula in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
400 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese and Spanish form of URSULA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ursula in the records were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Ursula alive today is about 52 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 61 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Ursula first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1967, to 400 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Ursula has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #447, in 1901. In 2025 it ranked #4,746.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,746 |
| Best rank | #447 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #586 in the 1960s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Ursula alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ursula were born in California than in any other state: about 1,043 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ursula was given 3.2 times as often in Louisiana, 2.1 times in New York and 1.5 times in California.
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