Bula
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Meaning
a spelling of Beulah, "married" in Hebrew, an Old Testament name for the land of Israel
How popular is Bula around the world?
In the United States, Bula is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source.
United States
under 5 a year
In the United States, Bula is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bula has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Not on 16 other recordsWhy
- Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
- Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
- Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
- Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only).
- Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Bula
Most people given the name Bula in the United States were born between 1930 and 1949. The Bula you meet today is most often in her 80s or 90s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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The Bula deep dive
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