Ula

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ula: Recorded since 2001, it reached #747 in 2013, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#747highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#2509
2007	#2627
2008	#3005
2009	#3936
2010	#2843
2011	#4049
2012	#2338
2013	#2887
2014	#2464
2015	#2195
2016	#4763
2017	#2925
2018	#2901
2019	#2458
2020	#2300
2021	#2499
2022	#2325
2023	#5687
2024	#3695

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 23 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2013: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2887 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2013
Highest recorded position: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2007–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ula appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 2001, and has registered 168 births with the name.

Ula across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ula's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3998 (2001)	#2195 (2015)	#3695 (2024)	23 of 24	168 (2001–2024)	12 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#747 (2013)	#747 (2013)	3 of 7	10 (2007–2013)	4 (2013)

Ula 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 Ula in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	43	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	84	10 of 10	8
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Ula appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #747 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Ula'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #747, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Aseel · #747, 24y
Dia · #747, 22y
Eliska · #747, 24y
Ella-Mai · #747, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aleksa · #747, 11y
Dia · #747, 22y
Izzie · #747, 23y
Livvy · #747, 24y

Ula was ranked #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2013. 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.

Ula 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 Ula without appearing here.

Ula moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2509 and #5061.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Ula

Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2195 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.
Freddie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2499 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #4056.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Ula

Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ula went from #2627 to #3695 while Blake went from #5201 to #432.
Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ula went from #2195 to #3695 while Arlo went from #5730 to #1894.

Moved the same way as Ula

Kristin Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ula went from #3998 to #5687 and Kristin from #1520 to #5687.
Tracey Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ula went from #3998 to #5687 and Tracey from #1238 to #5687.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #747 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ula

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Popularity journey

Ula across 2 official records

Ula by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ula across 2 official records

Ula by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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