Girls' name · since 1987
Tulsi
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 600 babies named Tulsi, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 600
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tulsi is the #4124 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 600 recorded since 1987.
Tulsi has 600 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4124 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #10,562 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,124 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 600 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tulsi ranks #10,562 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,124 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 600 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 600
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tulsi's 600 recorded births place it above 85.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Tulsi compares
600 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tulsi's all-time total is 60% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tulsi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 600 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tulsi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tulsi splits its recorded history at 2006: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tulsi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Tulsi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (185 births, 31% of the file).
2020s was Tulsi's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Tulsi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
128 births
- 2000s
2000s
127 births
- 2010s
2010s
135 births
- 2020s
2020s
185 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 185 births (31% of all-time use).
How Tulsi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tulsi's total volume
Tulsi by state
Where Tulsi concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 25 | 4.2% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.8% |
25 of 600 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Tulsis (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tulsi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tulsi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.