Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hula

#26,979 most common girls' name of all time · #43,697 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1907–1947

Rank among girls
#26,979
Rank overall
#43,697 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
82
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #3,163
Best rank
#2,360 1907
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19201940

Hula first appears in 1907. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1947 5 — 5 #5,490
1930 5 — 5 #4,751
1929 5 — 5 #4,784
1928 6 — 6 #4,373
1927 5 — 5 #5,035
1926 5 — 5 #5,067
1925 6 — 6 #4,581
1923 7 — 7 #4,117
1922 5 — 5 #5,193
1919 8 — 8 #3,594
1918 6 — 6 #4,472
1916 9 — 9 #3,163
1913 5 — 5 #3,437
1907 5 — 5 #2,360