Lular
Feminine · “a form of Lula”
Lular is Lula with an r at the end, one of a small group of American names that closed with an unexpected r. It keeps the swinging rhythm of Lula and adds a firm stop.
How old is the name Lular?
Lular was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Lular alive today was born around 1905, making them about 120 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Lular are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Lular most popular?
Lular peaked in 1886, reaching #508 nationally. See the whole 1886 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Louisa / Tallulah to Lular
The story of Lular
Lula was a widely used American girl's name, and the pet form of a pet form: Louise and Louisa gave Lou and Lulu, and Lula grew beside them. The same short name later reached the top of Brazilian politics by another road: Luiz Inácio da Silva was called Lula as a boy, and he added the nickname to his legal name before running for office, so that ballots could carry the name everyone used. Lular's final r is not explained by any record.
Meaningscholars disagree
a form of Lula, a pet form of Louisa or Tallulah
Lula was a pet form of Louisa, Louise or Tallulah and was also given on its own. Lular adds an r, and no record says why families wrote it.
How the name formed
- Louisa / Tallulah
- Lula
- Lular
Related forms: Lula
Pronouncing Lular
LOO-lur
Stress on the first syllable. In some Southern speech it sounds nearly the same as Lula.
Nicknames for Lular
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 188619 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #508reached in 1886
- Change vs 1932
- −16.7%5 in 1935, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lular in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lula in English — spelling variant
Lulars among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Lular are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lular sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is warm and simple, with a clear family behind it.
- Lu and Lulu are ready short forms.
- It is almost never given now, so it is distinctive.
- People will drop the r and write Lula.
- Its origin beyond Lula is not recorded, so there is no fuller story to give.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lulars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Lular are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Lular in 2025?
- Lular is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lular with classmates?
- Lular will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with L, all years combined.
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