Sula
Girl · SOO-la
Sula is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Sula mean?
Known from Toni Morrison's novel; also an Icelandic word for gannet
Sula is the title character of Toni Morrison's 1973 novel.
- Say it
- SOO-la
Is Sula a girl's or a boy's name?
Sula is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sula in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sula in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sula in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 2 | #7,797 |
| 2011 | 2 | #7,640 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 2 | #7,309 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 2 | #6,098 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 2 | #5,081 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Sula in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Sula, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 34 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sula in the US since 1880 were born between 1904 and 1938. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sula in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,651 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,882 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,810 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,736 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,374 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,481 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,566 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,380 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,367 |
| 1914 | 32 | #1,059 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,040 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | 23 | #898 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1909 | 17 | #990 |
| 1908 | 19 | #912 |
| 1907 | 22 | #790 |
| 1906 | 17 | #895 |
| 1905 | 16 | #926 |
| 1904 | 15 | #938 |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 |
| 1900 | 27 | #688 |
| 1899 | 18 | #756 |
| 1898 | 17 | #821 |
| 1897 | 16 | #786 |
| 1896 | 22 | #670 |
| 1895 | 12 | #932 |
| 1894 | 12 | #905 |
| 1893 | 15 | #767 |
| 1892 | 16 | #726 |
| 1891 | 18 | #624 |
| 1890 | 14 | #727 |
| 1889 | 17 | #620 |
| 1888 | 18 | #593 |
| 1887 | 12 | #661 |
| 1886 | 10 | #731 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 12 | #614 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
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