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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Bulah

Bulah was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1905, when it ranked 474th; the most babies were born in 1919 (115). More babies were named Bulah in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1919115 babies
Total since 1880
3,027babies recorded

Bulah popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#6,4715
1950#2,55216
1940#1,41129
1930#81176
1920#700108
1910#55155
1900#58036
1890#64217
1880#8455

How popular is Bulah, counting every spelling?

Bulah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Bulah?

About 300 people born in the US named Bulah are alive today, with a median age of 83; half are between 77 and 89. That makes Bulah a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Bulah by state

How common Bulah was among girls born in each state in 1917–1921, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (4.0×), Georgia (3.2×), Tennessee (3.0×), South Carolina (3.0×), Kentucky (3.0×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMO0.05Kentucky: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesKY0.24West Virginia: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesWV0.06Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesAR0.22Tennessee: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesTN0.25North Carolina: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesNC0.33South Carolina: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesSC0.25District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOK0.04Louisiana: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesLA0.05Mississippi: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMS0.12Alabama: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesAL0.22Georgia: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesGA0.27Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesTX0.18Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Bulah, girls, 1917–1921. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Bulah

How popular is the name Bulah?

Bulah was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1905, when it ranked 474th; the most babies were born in 1919 (115). More babies were named Bulah in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Bulah a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,027 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Bulah most popular?

In 1917–1921, Bulah was most common in North Carolina (0.33 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Tennessee.