Dulse — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dulse

The Social Security Administration has registered 253 babies named Dulse between 1985 and 2013, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dulse currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dulse performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dulse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dulse in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dulse in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 253 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.