Boys' name · since 2023

Tulson

Tulson has 21 recorded births since 2023 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#28,867 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,667 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
21
born since 2023
2020s
peak decade

21 babies have been named Tulson since 2023, making it today's #9667 boys' name.

Social Security Administration records show Tulson recorded 21 times among boys since 2023, holding rank #9667 nationally today, ahead of 31% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2023 to 2025.

  • #28,867 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #9,667 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 21 born since 2023
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tulson ranks #28,867 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,667 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 21 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.

#28,867 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,667 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
21
born since 2023
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%30.6%
Tulson vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Tulson's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Tulson compares

21 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Tulson's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Tulson Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 21 369 358,536
Peak-year births 8 34 22,252

Tulson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Tulson's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 76% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 24%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2023, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Tulson popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
8
Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
456789 202320242025 8

Tulson by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (21 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Tulson's strongest decade.

21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Tulson births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 21 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tulson?
Tulson has been given to 21 babies in the U.S. since 2023, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #28,867 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #9,667 of 13,930. 8 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Tulson sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tulson ranks #28,867 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,667 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Tulson most popular?
Tulson was most popular in the 2020s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Tulson been used?
The SSA has tracked Tulson since 2023 -- 3 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Tulson?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tully, Tulio, Tullio, Tulsen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Tulson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2023–2025 (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 Tulson 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.