Meaning not yet researched.
Ursula: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 29 in 2025. Its best rank was #447 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #447 in 1901; #4,747 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ursula in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,747 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #447.
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Ursula: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 29 girls in 2025. Peak: #447 in 1901 · most girls in one year: 400 (1967).
In 2025, 29 US girls were named Ursula, making it the 4,747th most common girls’ name of the year, up 535 places from #5,282 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 25 girls named Ursula in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #447, reached in 1901. The most girls given the name in a single year was 400, in 1967. For comparison, it was #3,756 in 2015 and #1,052 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ursula in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 6 babies. In all, 14,811 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 2,810 babies named Ursula.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 295 US girls were named Ursula; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 39. In 2025 that was about 1 in 55,423 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Ursala, Ursa and Ursela are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Sula and Sulie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ursala (92), Ursa (72), Ursela (35), Ursulla (10), Ursule (6), Orsola (5), Urszula (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,747 | — | — |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,282 | — | — |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,906 | — | — |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,294 | — | — |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,235 | — | — |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,747 | — | — |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,603 | — | — |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,762 | — | — |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,376 | — | — |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,726 | — | — |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,756 | — | — |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,620 | — | — |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,745 | — | — |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,246 | — | — |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,348 | — | — |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,601 | — | — |
| 2009 | 39 | #4,009 | — | — |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,944 | — | — |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,124 | — | — |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,801 | — | — |
| 2005 | 26 | #5,107 | — | — |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,167 | — | — |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,184 | — | — |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,175 | — | — |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,194 | — | — |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,164 | — | — |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,699 | — | — |
| 1998 | 66 | #2,187 | — | — |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,099 | — | — |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,233 | — | — |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,586 | — | — |
| 1994 | 62 | #2,187 | — | — |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,637 | — | — |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,188 | — | — |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,806 | — | — |
| 1990 | 97 | #1,576 | — | — |
| 1989 | 106 | #1,412 | — | — |
| 1988 | 128 | #1,186 | — | — |
| 1987 | 130 | #1,144 | — | — |
| 1986 | 127 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 1985 | 131 | #1,108 | — | — |
| 1984 | 132 | #1,066 | — | — |
| 1983 | 148 | #987 | — | — |
| 1982 | 160 | #937 | — | — |
| 1981 | 170 | #890 | — | — |
| 1980 | 166 | #912 | — | — |
| 1979 | 181 | #861 | — | — |
| 1978 | 179 | #834 | — | — |
| 1977 | 217 | #716 | — | — |
| 1976 | 230 | #668 | — | — |
| 1975 | 261 | #609 | — | — |
| 1974 | 268 | #592 | — | — |
| 1973 | 297 | #554 | — | — |
| 1972 | 377 | #477 | — | — |
| 1971 | 395 | #487 | — | — |
| 1970 | 335 | #555 | — | — |
| 1969 | 384 | #497 | — | — |
| 1968 | 354 | #514 | — | — |
| 1967 | 400 | #474 | — | — |
| 1966 | 368 | #488 | — | — |
| 1965 | 355 | #505 | — | — |
| 1964 | 236 | #666 | — | — |
| 1963 | 203 | #719 | — | — |
| 1962 | 194 | #741 | — | — |
| 1961 | 182 | #780 | — | — |
| 1960 | 134 | #919 | — | — |
| 1959 | 119 | #969 | — | — |
| 1958 | 121 | #940 | — | — |
| 1957 | 109 | #1,001 | — | — |
| 1956 | 134 | #867 | — | — |
| 1955 | 144 | #808 | — | — |
| 1954 | 119 | #882 | — | — |
| 1953 | 89 | #1,025 | — | — |
| 1952 | 93 | #981 | — | — |
| 1951 | 82 | #1,030 | — | — |
| 1950 | 77 | #1,052 | — | — |
| 1949 | 68 | #1,103 | — | — |
| 1948 | 65 | #1,115 | — | — |
| 1947 | 87 | #957 | — | — |
| 1946 | 72 | #996 | — | — |
| 1945 | 78 | #855 | — | — |
| 1944 | 85 | #832 | — | — |
| 1943 | 71 | #934 | — | — |
| 1942 | 83 | #843 | — | — |
| 1941 | 90 | #755 | — | — |
| 1940 | 86 | #751 | — | — |
| 1939 | 108 | #654 | — | — |
| 1938 | 104 | #677 | — | — |
| 1937 | 100 | #682 | — | — |
| 1936 | 114 | #619 | — | — |
| 1935 | 115 | #610 | — | — |
| 1934 | 107 | #651 | — | — |
| 1933 | 132 | #557 | — | — |
| 1932 | 101 | #674 | — | — |
| 1931 | 104 | #652 | — | — |
| 1930 | 141 | #578 | — | — |
| 1929 | 127 | #608 | — | — |
| 1928 | 122 | #641 | — | — |
| 1927 | 131 | #626 | — | — |
| 1926 | 122 | #654 | — | — |
| 1925 | 144 | #608 | — | — |
| 1924 | 152 | #609 | — | — |
| 1923 | 181 | #527 | — | — |
| 1922 | 159 | #571 | — | — |
| 1921 | 143 | #611 | — | — |
| 1920 | 160 | #567 | — | — |
| 1919 | 142 | #592 | — | — |
| 1918 | 155 | #573 | — | — |
| 1917 | 135 | #589 | — | — |
| 1916 | 147 | #550 | — | — |
| 1915 | 144 | #525 | — | — |
| 1914 | 119 | #514 | — | — |
| 1913 | 99 | #511 | — | — |
| 1912 | 79 | #552 | — | — |
| 1911 | 66 | #514 | — | — |
| 1910 | 55 | #559 | — | — |
| 1909 | 61 | #482 | — | — |
| 1908 | 48 | #534 | — | — |
| 1907 | 42 | #571 | — | — |
| 1906 | 55 | #462 | — | — |
| 1905 | 50 | #484 | — | — |
| 1904 | 37 | #557 | — | — |
| 1903 | 46 | #477 | — | — |
| 1902 | 35 | #558 | — | — |
| 1901 | 45 | #447 | — | — |
| 1900 | 41 | #530 | — | — |
| 1899 | 29 | #576 | — | — |
| 1898 | 40 | #490 | — | — |
| 1897 | 32 | #528 | — | — |
| 1896 | 31 | #549 | — | — |
| 1895 | 39 | #470 | — | — |
| 1894 | 22 | #641 | — | — |
| 1893 | 18 | #710 | — | — |
| 1892 | 21 | #635 | — | — |
| 1891 | 21 | #587 | — | — |
| 1890 | 26 | #523 | — | — |
| 1889 | 18 | #619 | — | — |
| 1888 | 14 | #723 | — | — |
| 1887 | 20 | #510 | — | — |
| 1886 | 19 | #527 | — | — |
| 1885 | 19 | #499 | — | — |
| 1884 | 9 | #785 | — | — |
| 1883 | 7 | #814 | — | — |
| 1882 | 9 | #672 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #821 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).