Tulip — #5737 US girls' name
282 babies named Tulip in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Tulip was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Tulip in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tulip
The Social Security Administration has registered 282 babies named Tulip between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tulip currently holds the #5737 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tulip performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tulip shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tulip in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tulip 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 282 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.
Tulip at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tulip popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2018)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #5737 among girls.
282 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 32 births in a single year.
Tulip by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 143 births that decade — 51% of Tulip's all-time total
Tulip decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Tulip's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Tulip by state
Where Tulip concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 5.7% |
16 of 282 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.7% 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, 2006–2024 (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.