Nuala
Nuala is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
- Irish
Meaning & Origin of Nuala
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nuala is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
The Story of Nuala
American parents first put Nuala on the record books as a baby girl name in 1948, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 26 Nualas were born — ranking #5,377 that year. About 33% of every Nuala on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Nuala last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 15 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 356 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nuala
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About the name Nuala
Nuala is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 356 births in the dataset. Nuala's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #5,377. Use the chart and map above to compare Nuala's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.