Meaning and history
Lula is commonly used as an affectionate form of names such as Louise, Louisa, or Tallulah, though it has also become an independent given name. It was particularly familiar in the United States around the turn of the twentieth century. American blues singer Lula Reed and Brazilian politician Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, universally known as Lula, are notable bearers.
20062006: 29 births, rank #4,811
2007: 45 births, rank #3,601
2008: 51 births, rank #3,267
2009: 57 births, rank #3,000
2010: 67 births, rank #2,670
20112011: 69 births, rank #2,589
2012: 93 births, rank #2,064
2013: 99 births, rank #1,977
2014: 87 births, rank #2,176
2015: 99 births, rank #1,996
20162016: 118 births, rank #1,757
2017: 118 births, rank #1,770
2018: 109 births, rank #1,852
2019: 117 births, rank #1,755
2020: 117 births, rank #1,721
20212021: 140 births, rank #1,506
2022: 100 births, rank #1,961
2023: 110 births, rank #1,826
2024: 102 births, rank #1,942
20252025: 100 births, rank #1,927
Lula moved from #778 to #992 for girls between 1964 and 1965. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 1,778 births.