Tulsa — #5441 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tulsa

The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Tulsa between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tulsa currently holds the #5441 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tulsa performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tulsa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tulsa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tulsa 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 157 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.