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Tuli

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Hindi origin

Tuli has been given to 21 babies in the U.S. since 2019. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2023, with 6 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% boys, 24% girls all-time.

Babies named Tuli, 2024

1 in 669,000

Tuli over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Tuli over time

In 2024, Tuli went to 50% girls and 50% boys.

20192024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Tuli: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Hindi origin

Hindi

What Tuli means

Tuli is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Tuli is used in English. Its origins include Hindi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name Tuli between 2019 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2023; its best national rank was #12,115 in 2023.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Tuli between 2024 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2024; its best national rank was #17,494 in 2024.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tuli?

Tuli had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 669,000
5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 345,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
463,412 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tuli sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 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 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tuli. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tulis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tuli was born before 2023 — so the typical Tuli is around 2 today.

Median birth year
2023
About 2 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
68.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
16
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 68.8% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Tuli 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2023 (6)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#12,115
2023

Spellings of Tuli

Tuli is not the most common spelling — Eli is, with 53.3% against Tuli's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tuli around the world

Where Tuli 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
    2012–2012
    #5,876
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    1975–2002
    #730
    in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tuli by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#12,115
2023
Peak year
2023
6 that year
First recorded
2019
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
16
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#17,494
2024
Peak year
2024
5 that year
First recorded
2024
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Tuli

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

YuliTulsonTullieTulonTulsenTullisTulioTullyTullioMawuliNaftuli

Sibling names for Tuli

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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