Ursula
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Ursula is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Ursula mean?
Latin
A female given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ursula a girl's or a boy's name?
Ursula is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ursula in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ursula, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 26 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Ursula since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Ursula in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ursula in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 24 | #975 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 26 | #918 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Ursula in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Ursula, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 1967, with 400 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Ursula in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ursula in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,672 |
| 1998 | 66 | #2,161 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,547 |
| 1994 | 62 | #2,162 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 97 | #1,564 |
| 1989 | 106 | #1,402 |
| 1988 | 128 | #1,180 |
| 1987 | 130 | #1,136 |
| 1986 | 127 | #1,136 |
| 1985 | 131 | #1,103 |
| 1984 | 132 | #1,059 |
| 1983 | 148 | #983 |
| 1982 | 160 | #934 |
| 1981 | 170 | #889 |
| 1980 | 166 | #909 |
| 1979 | 181 | #860 |
| 1978 | 179 | #829 |
| 1977 | 217 | #714 |
| 1976 | 230 | #667 |
| 1975 | 261 | #608 |
| 1974 | 268 | #591 |
| 1973 | 297 | #554 |
| 1972 | 377 | #476 |
| 1971 | 395 | #487 |
| 1970 | 335 | #554 |
| 1969 | 384 | #496 |
| 1968 | 354 | #514 |
| 1967 | 400 | #474 |
| 1966 | 368 | #488 |
| 1965 | 355 | #504 |
| 1964 | 236 | #666 |
| 1963 | 203 | #717 |
| 1962 | 194 | #739 |
| 1961 | 182 | #779 |
| 1960 | 134 | #915 |
| 1959 | 119 | #964 |
| 1958 | 121 | #936 |
| 1957 | 109 | #994 |
| 1956 | 134 | #860 |
| 1955 | 144 | #803 |
| 1954 | 119 | #877 |
| 1953 | 89 | #1,017 |
| 1952 | 93 | #974 |
| 1951 | 82 | #1,026 |
| 1950 | 77 | #1,040 |
| 1949 | 68 | #1,087 |
| 1948 | 65 | #1,104 |
| 1947 | 87 | #950 |
| 1946 | 72 | #984 |
| 1945 | 78 | #850 |
| 1944 | 85 | #827 |
| 1943 | 71 | #922 |
| 1942 | 83 | #835 |
| 1941 | 90 | #751 |
| 1940 | 86 | #741 |
| 1939 | 108 | #652 |
| 1938 | 104 | #674 |
| 1937 | 100 | #680 |
| 1936 | 114 | #619 |
| 1935 | 115 | #607 |
| 1934 | 107 | #648 |
| 1933 | 132 | #553 |
| 1932 | 101 | #670 |
| 1931 | 104 | #649 |
| 1930 | 141 | #574 |
| 1929 | 127 | #608 |
| 1928 | 122 | #639 |
| 1927 | 131 | #623 |
| 1926 | 122 | #653 |
| 1925 | 144 | #605 |
| 1924 | 152 | #604 |
| 1923 | 181 | #524 |
| 1922 | 159 | #569 |
| 1921 | 143 | #608 |
| 1920 | 160 | #567 |
| 1919 | 142 | #587 |
| 1918 | 155 | #572 |
| 1917 | 135 | #586 |
| 1916 | 147 | #547 |
| 1915 | 144 | #523 |
| 1914 | 119 | #511 |
| 1913 | 99 | #511 |
| 1912 | 79 | #550 |
| 1911 | 66 | #511 |
| 1910 | 55 | #550 |
| 1909 | 61 | #479 |
| 1908 | 48 | #527 |
| 1907 | 42 | #564 |
| 1906 | 55 | #458 |
| 1905 | 50 | #481 |
| 1904 | 37 | #545 |
| 1903 | 46 | #470 |
| 1902 | 35 | #545 |
| 1901 | 45 | #441 |
| 1900 | 41 | #524 |
| 1899 | 29 | #565 |
| 1898 | 40 | #486 |
| 1897 | 32 | #521 |
| 1896 | 31 | #538 |
| 1895 | 39 | #465 |
| 1894 | 22 | #628 |
| 1893 | 18 | #687 |
| 1892 | 21 | #616 |
| 1891 | 21 | #572 |
| 1890 | 26 | #508 |
| 1889 | 18 | #600 |
| 1888 | 14 | #690 |
| 1887 | 20 | #499 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 |
| 1885 | 19 | #484 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 9 | #634 |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 |
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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, “Ursula: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ursula, updated 20 October 2026.