Kulsum

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kulsum: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kulsum: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,805 in 1999, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1805highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#2152
1998	#3142
1999	#1805
2000	#1831
2002	#1928
2003	#1843
2004	#2278
2005	#3970
2006	#2320
2007	#4294
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2010	#3156
2011	#3549
2012	#4838
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2018	#4684
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1914 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1805 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kulsum by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kulsum in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	63	9 of 10	7
2010s	30	7 of 10	4
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kulsum appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1805 in England and Wales in 1999.

Kulsum's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,805, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Koben · #1804, 19y
Aimen · #1807, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aamena · #1805, 26y
Augusta · #1805, 21y
Serene · #1805, 29y
Aimen · #1807, 25y

Kulsum and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kulsum without appearing here.

Kulsum moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2278 and #3725.
Hunter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5581 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Kulsum

Karin Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #2150.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2320 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #2085.
Freddie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3422 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #4063.
Meabh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #4103.

Moved the opposite way to Kulsum

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kulsum went from #1914 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kulsum went from #1914 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kulsum went from #1914 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kulsum went from #1914 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Kulsum

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kulsum went from #1914 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kulsum went from #1914 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kulsum went from #1914 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kulsum went from #1914 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1805 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kulsum

Kulsum at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kulsum by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kulsum appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kulsum and the names beside it

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Kulsum at a glance

Kulsum by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kulsum appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kulsum and the names beside it

Kulsum moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kulsum

Moved the opposite way to Kulsum

Moved the same way as Kulsum