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Kulsum

#11,462 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Kulthum

Kulsum has been given to 61 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #11,462 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Kulsum, 2025

1 in 414,000

Kulsum over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kulsum: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Kulthum

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kulsum means

Kulsum is a form of Kulthum.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kulsum is used in Urdu and Bengali.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kulthum.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 61 girls were recorded with the name Kulsum between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2017; its best national rank was #11,462 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kulsum?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 201,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#11,462
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kulsum sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kulsum. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kulsums were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kulsum was born before 2010 — so the typical Kulsum is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
36.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
61
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2000s — 36.1% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Kulsum rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,977
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2017 (8)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#11,462
2025

Kulsum around the world

Where Kulsum ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1997–1997
    #2,443
    in 1997

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kulsum by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,462
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#11,462
2025
Peak year
2017
8 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
61
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Kulsum

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Kulsum

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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