Ula
Ula was the 17088th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1898, when it ranked 717th; the most babies were born in 1924 (56). Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,314 places. More babies were named Ula in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Eula) short form of Eulalia; "sweetly spoken" · Greek, English
- Rank in 2025
- #17,088 girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192456 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,649babies recorded
What does the name Ula mean?
Ula is a spelling of Eula, pronounced the same way, so it shares Eula's meaning and origin.
Eula is treated by Wiktionary as a short form of Eulalia, a Greek name made of eu, "good, well", and lalia, "speech, talk", so "well-spoken". DMNES records Eulalia as the name of two 4th-century Spanish martyrs, whose cult spread the name in Spain and beyond. Eula was a common American name in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, usually given on its own rather than as a nickname.
εὖ (Ancient Greek, “good, well”)λαλιά (Ancient Greek, “speech, talk”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary gives Eula as a short form of Eulalia; how American parents of the 1880s–1910s understood the name is not documented.
Related names: Eulalia, Eulah, Lalia.
See also: Greek names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Eula', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Eulalia', DMNES (Durham University)
Ula popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 31 since 1917.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #17,088 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | #13,374 | 8 |
| 2000 | #17,510 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #7,041 | 7 |
| 1960 | #5,667 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,649 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,290 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,430 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,169 | 43 |
| 1910 | #937 | 22 |
| 1900 | #1,165 | 12 |
| 1890 | #936 | 10 |
| 1880 | #938 | 5 |
How popular is Ula, counting every spelling?
Ula is a spelling of Eula, a name family that had 10 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 10 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eula | 5 | #15,634 | 55 |
| Ula | 5 | #17,088 | 28 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ula?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ula (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ula born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ula.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ula?
About 400 people born in the US named Ula are alive today, with a median age of 62; half are between 20 and 78. That makes Ula a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Ula: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ula, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Ula
What does Ula mean?
Ula is a spelling of Eula, which means “short form of Eulalia; "sweetly spoken"” (Greek, English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Ula?
Ula was the 17088th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1898, when it ranked 717th; the most babies were born in 1924 (56). Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,314 places. More babies were named Ula in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Ula a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Ula in the US.