Lula

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lula: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lula: Recorded since 1997, it reached #632 in 2019, and it stood at #1,230 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#632highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2002	#1784
2003	#1843
2004	#1715
2005	#1796
2006	#1052
2007	#1443
2008	#1135
2009	#1837
2010	#1389
2011	#1067
2012	#1483
2013	#1360
2014	#1272
2015	#965
2016	#897
2017	#661
2018	#886
2019	#632
2020	#1065
2021	#828
2022	#876
2023	#1135
2024	#1230

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #632 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1230 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lula by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lula in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	135	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	370	10 of 10	37
2020s	170	5 of 10	34

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 37 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births fell by 31, from 62 to 31.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lula appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #632 in England and Wales in 2019.

Lula's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1230	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1135	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#876	40	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#828	43	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#632	62	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#886	42	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#661	63	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#897	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#965	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1067	32	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1135	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #632, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 63 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,230position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
63births registered in its largest year, 201750 to 99 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ashraf · #633, 29y
Luqman · #633, 29y
Waseem · #633, 28y
Layth · #630, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ashraf · #633, 29y
Dev · #631, 30y
Luqman · #633, 29y
Malek · #631, 26y

Lula was ranked #632 in England and Wales · Girls in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lula and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lula without appearing here.

Lula moved ahead of

Jesse Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1837 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1389 and #4688.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1715 and #4598.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1483 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1360 and #4050.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1837 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1389 and #4012.

Moved ahead of Lula

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #632 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1065 and #460.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1135 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #952.
Amalie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #876 and #940 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1135 and #865.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #965 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #897 and #768.

Moved the opposite way to Lula

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lula went from #3174 to #1230 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lula went from #3174 to #1230 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lula went from #3174 to #1230 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lula went from #3174 to #1230 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lula

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lula went from #3174 to #1230 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lula went from #3174 to #1230 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lula went from #3174 to #1230 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lula went from #3174 to #1230 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #632 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lula

Lula at a glance

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Popularity journey

Lula by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Lula at a glance

Lula by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lula and the names beside it

Lula moved ahead of

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