girls:
1.7k births since 1882
#4036 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1882
#6016 (22nd percentile)
The name Tula is the #6,016 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,735 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 22.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,036 (29.4% percentile) for all time with 1,735 births since 1882.
Tula first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (first recorded for girls in 1882). Birth data for Tula is available in 104 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023. 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, Tula reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #560) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 77 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Tula ranks #918 for girls (3.1% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 25.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tula".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Tula is pronounced as TUE-luh, which has 2 syllables.
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