Kulsum — #14069 US girls' name
53 babies named Kulsum in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Kulsum was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kulsum in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kulsum
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Kulsum between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kulsum currently holds the #14069 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kulsum performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kulsum shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kulsum 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 53 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.
Kulsum at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Kulsum popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2017)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #14069 among girls.
53 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 8 births in a single year.
Kulsum by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 42% of Kulsum's all-time total
Kulsum decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kulsum's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.