Thula

Popularity Trends

The name Thula is the #7,575 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 164 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 2.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,552 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 164 births since 1886.

Thula first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (first recorded for girls in 1886). Birth data for Thula is available in 25 out of the 50 years between 1886 and 1935. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Thula reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #598) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1886, with 33 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1935.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Thula".

1886 1935 18861935

Key Statistics

Total Births

164

Peak Births

Peak Year

1921

First Recorded

1886

Peak Percentile

1.2%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#598

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Thula", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Thula.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Thula's popularity from 1883 to 1938 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Thula at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Thula range from Quinnie at 62.1% correlation to Vergie at 56.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 59.1%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Vergie with 4.6K births (99% girls) and the least popular is Hilah with 61 births (100% girls).

Thula's share of births peaked at 32.5 births per million for girls in 1921. It reached its lowest point of 4 births per million (12% of peak) in 1922. In 1935, the most recent period with data, the name Thula had 4.6 births per million, 14% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Quinnie

62.06% (strong)

Betha

293

61.98% (strong)

Ingeborg

793

61.77% (strong)

Hilah

59.97% (moderate)

Birtha

1,973

59.97% (moderate)

Inza

235

58.76% (moderate)

Loney

785

58.37% (moderate)

Hardie

644

58.05% (moderate)

Massie

350

57.91% (moderate)

Leontine

1,150

57.35% (moderate)

Fleeta

728

56.96% (moderate)

Vergie

4,629

56.21% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Thula

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Thula. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Thula is pronounced as THUE-luh, which has 2 syllables.

THUE-luh

100.0%

THUE-luh (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

TH UW1 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like TH UW1 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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