Tulani — girls' name
63 babies named Tulani in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Tulani was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Tulani in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tulani
The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Tulani between 1975 and 1987, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tulani currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tulani performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tulani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tulani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tulani 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 63 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.
Tulani at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tulani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1975
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
63 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 11 births in a single year.
Tulani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 38 births that decade — 60% of Tulani's all-time total
Tulani decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tulani's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Tulani by state
Where Tulani concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 7.9% |
5 of 63 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1975–1987 (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.