Ula
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- OO-la
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Ula is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “little bear”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Ula mean?
Latin: Polish pet form of Urszula (Ursula)
“little bear”
Ursula, from Latin ursa, 'bear', was a legendary saint said to have been martyred at Cologne.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ula a girl's or a boy's name?
Ula is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ula in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Ula, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ula in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Ula in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Ula in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Ula, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1924, with 56 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ula in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1945, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ula in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 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 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,026 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,413 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,344 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,403 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,305 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,836 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,243 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,324 |
| 1924 | 56 | #1,031 |
| 1923 | 52 | #1,054 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,168 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,276 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,152 |
| 1919 | 54 | #967 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,234 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,114 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,285 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,303 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,528 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1910 | 22 | #914 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,104 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 16 | #917 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 14 | #936 |
| 1901 | 16 | #829 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,105 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 22 | #697 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 11 | #999 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 10 | #872 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 10 | #695 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Ula
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Ula: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ula, updated 20 October 2026.