Tula is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “balance, scales”, Sanskrit tula, the zodiac sign Libra; also a place name. Tula is also the name of an ancient Toltec city in Mexico and of a Russian city south of Moscow.

Tula

Gender: Girl
Say it: TOO-luh
Origin: Sanskrit
UK rank, 2025: #2,675 for girls
US rank, 2025: #3,711 for girls

Tula is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “balance, scales”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).

What does Tula mean?

Sanskrit: Sanskrit tula, the zodiac sign Libra; also a place name

“balance, scales”

Tula is also the name of an ancient Toltec city in Mexico and of a Russian city south of Moscow.

Is Tula a girl's or a boy's name?

Tula is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tula in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 2,675th among girls
Babies in 2025: 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady down 20% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Tula, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tula in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 15 in 20112025

Tula in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	10	#2,675
2024	7	#3,381
2023	11	#2,481
2022	5	#4,168
2021	7	#3,338
2020	11	#2,407
2019	11	#2,420
2018	13	#2,198
2017	9	#2,864
2016	7	#3,389
2015	9	#2,855
2014	9	#2,809
2013	9	#2,796
2012	12	#2,319
2011	15	#1,917
2010	13	#2,103
2009	11	#2,298
2008	10	#2,454
2007	9	#2,543
2006	11	#2,119
2005	7	#2,806
2004	9	#2,226
2003	5	#3,233
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	6	#2,559
1998	3	#4,026
1997	4	#3,345
1996	4	#3,289

How popular is Tula in the US?

Rank in 2025: 3,711th among girls
Babies in 2025: 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady up 4% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Tula, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.

2025 had more girls named Tula than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Tula in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 43 in 20192025

Tula in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	40	#3,711
2024	29	#4,667
2023	34	#4,189
2022	38	#3,891
2021	29	#4,603
2020	25	#5,001
2019	43	#3,551
2018	31	#4,457
2017	36	#4,065
2016	29	#4,733
2015	30	#4,583
2014	33	#4,348
2013	26	#5,141
2012	26	#5,251
2011	26	#5,205
2010	28	#4,972
2009	37	#4,106
2008	28	#5,140
2007	21	#6,319
2006	21	#6,123
2005	20	#5,994
2004	13	#8,254
2003	12	#8,500
2002	0	–
2001	5	#15,345
2000	6	#13,147
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	5	#8,421
1972	0	–
1971	0	–
1970	5	#7,994
1969	0	–
1968	7	#5,641
1967	0	–
1966	0	–
1965	5	#6,538
1964	0	–
1963	7	#5,295
1962	0	–
1961	6	#5,850
1960	9	#4,436
1959	9	#4,299
1958	6	#5,407
1957	11	#3,695
1956	8	#4,466
1955	10	#3,777
1954	6	#5,146
1953	10	#3,686
1952	13	#3,039
1951	8	#4,010
1950	11	#3,234
1949	12	#2,998
1948	20	#2,187
1947	11	#3,238
1946	12	#2,879
1945	9	#3,131
1944	9	#3,138
1943	11	#2,860
1942	13	#2,536
1941	15	#2,189
1940	13	#2,296
1939	13	#2,300
1938	12	#2,447
1937	18	#1,845
1936	12	#2,385
1935	18	#1,845
1934	14	#2,186
1933	20	#1,723
1932	16	#2,036
1931	19	#1,802
1930	24	#1,606
1929	23	#1,641
1928	21	#1,836
1927	30	#1,485
1926	25	#1,666
1925	27	#1,608
1924	37	#1,328
1923	25	#1,672
1922	34	#1,366
1921	25	#1,723
1920	39	#1,233
1919	39	#1,194
1918	35	#1,277
1917	24	#1,552
1916	31	#1,298
1915	19	#1,738
1914	15	#1,740
1913	24	#1,120
1912	17	#1,297
1911	6	#2,191
1910	7	#1,935
1909	14	#1,104
1908	5	#2,101
1907	17	#923
1906	5	#1,951
1905	9	#1,297
1904	6	#1,658
1903	8	#1,318
1902	10	#1,133
1901	8	#1,227
1900	9	#1,318
1899	19	#728
1898	5	#1,699
1897	11	#982
1896	5	#1,582
1895	9	#1,123
1894	13	#850
1893	6	#1,277
1892	8	#1,085
1891	6	#1,213
1890	8	#1,006
1889	6	#1,146
1888	8	#959
1887	0	–
1886	7	#897
1885	0	–
1884	0	–
1883	0	–
1882	7	#740

Names like Tula

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ada, Lola, Matilda, Eva, Clara, Ella, Nora, Etta, Cora, Elsie, Bella, Olive

Names related to Tula

Teuila

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Every Sanskrit name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Tula: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tula, updated 20 October 2026.