Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ula

Gender

Female

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Sea jewel

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ula

Pronunciation

u-la

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1924 (rank #3259, 8 births); most recent 1926 (rank #4204, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1924 (rank #1031, 56 births); most recent 2025 (rank #14942, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–5
2024–8
2023––
2022–7
2021–8
2020––
2019–6
2018––
2017––
2016–8

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #2196, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3332, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20257
20246
20233
202211
202110
202011
201910
20188
20178
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #746, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence