Ursula

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Ursula is a feminine given name in several languages. The name is derived from a diminutive of the Latin ursa, which means "bear".

From Wikipedia

Ursula first appears in the data in 1953 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 136 babies (rank #143 that year). It was not in the 2017 data.

Numerology of Ursula

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ursula yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,566
Total babies (all years)
48
Years in the data
136
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195320#451
195414#525
195515#528
195610#640
195712#598
195820#465
195925#444
196026#438
196120#512
196233#389
196333#401
196440#357
196550#312
196660#267
196786#201
196891#200
196993#196
1970115#171
1971124#160
1972136#143
1973115#151
197463#233
197543#301
197639#309
197750#267
197825#406
197916#536
198025#442
198115#571
198217#539
198310#743
198418#536
19859#791
198611#743
198710#774
19888#875
198910#793
199013#707
19916#1,043
19928#919
19936#1,046
19946#1,039
19954#1,268
19964#1,248
19974#1,253
19984#1,266
19992#1,616
20002#1,626