Is Bulah a boy or girl name?

Bulah is a girl’s name. Of the 3,027 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Bulah

Recorded 1880–1963 · United States

Bulah was most popular in 1919, when 115 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,197 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,027 people named Bulah.

Bulah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bulah’s peak in 1919. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bulah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bulah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,027 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Bulah

Where Bulah is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org