Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Ursula

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ursula
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93.8% from peak

Peak era

1967

Peak rank proxy

400

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1881Peak 19672024

Peak year

1967

Decline from peak

93.8%

2024

All-time

14,782

Ursula once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1967, when 400 girls were named Ursula.

In 2024, only 25 girls were given the name.

Down 93.8% from its peak.

All told, about 14,782 Americans have been named Ursula and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.8% from peak

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