Given name & surname
Sula
“humble”
Sula is a masculine given name. It is used in Rukai.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sula through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,404
- 0 boys · 1,404 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #13,035 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,035 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 as a first name in 2020; 626 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sula’s family of names
Sula as a surname has a related form in Gjasula.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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