Ursula

girls:

14.8k births since 1881

#1260 (78th percentile)

overall:

14.8k births since 1881

#2161 (72nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

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

1881 2023 18812023

Key Statistics

Total Births
14,757
Peak Births
400
Peak Year
1971
First Recorded
1881
Peak Percentile
43.2%
Current Percentile
3.6%
Peak Rank
#216
Current Rank
#913
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Ursula

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ursula. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 82.4% confident that Ursula is pronounced as ER-suh-luh. The next most likely pronunciation is ER-syuh-luh, at 17.6% confidence.

ER-suh-luh (3 syllables)
Verified
82.4% confidence
ER1 S AH0 L AH0
ER-syuh-luh (3 syllables)
17.6% confidence
ER1 S Y AH0 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Ursula. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Ursula, please vote using the thumbs up button.

ER-suhl (2 syllables)
8 names 977 births
ER1 S AH0 L
ER-sihl (2 syllables)
1 name 82 births
ER1 S IH0 L

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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 ER1 S AH0 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.