# Nuala (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nuala/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnuːlə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 363 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 363 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 773, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish: either a shortened form of Fionnuala, alternative form of Fionnghuala, or an alternative form of Úna.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | 11,042 |
| 2011 | 15 | 8,100 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,517 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,458 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8,837 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,603 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,918 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,779 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,364 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,340 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,886 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,383 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,941 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,509 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,837 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 989 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2015 | 43 | 860 |
| 2016 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2017 | 39 | 949 |
| 2018 | 31 | 1,111 |
| 2019 | 30 | 1,119 |
| 2020 | 30 | 1,100 |
| 2021 | 41 | 860 |
| 2022 | 38 | 910 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

## People named Nuala

- Vanessa Kirby, British actress (born 1987)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.