The first name Lula
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
19th-century variant of Lulu, nickname of Louisa and Lucy. In rare cases, shortened from Tallulah.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 25 girls were named Lula, making it the 1,271st most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2017, with 63 births (#661).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Lula with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Lula at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 100 girls born in the United States were named Lula, the 1,937th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1921, when 1,778 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Lula
2 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Lula Ali IsmailDjibouti-Canadian filmmaker (* 1978)
- Lula PenaFado and World music singer, composer and poet from Lisbon, Portugal, born 1974
Questions
- What does the name Lula mean?
- 19th-century variant of Lulu, nickname of Louisa and Lucy. In rare cases, shortened from Tallulah.
- How popular is the name Lula?
- In 2025, 25 girls born in England and Wales were named Lula, ranking 1,271st. Its peak was 2017, with 63 births.
- Is Lula a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 85,587 US babies named Lula since 1880 were girls.
- When was Lula most popular?
- 1921 in the United States, when 1,778 babies were named Lula, its highest rank at 143rd.