Kulthum

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kulthum: Recorded since 2002, it reached #3,936 in 2009, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#3936highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2005	#3970
2006	#4157
2008	#5545
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2011	#5785
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2016	#5785
2020	#5493
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 12 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #3936 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kulthum 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 Kulthum in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	19	5 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Kulthum 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3936 in England and Wales in 2009.

Kulthum'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,936, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
5births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Naledi · #3936, 16y
Excel · #3959, 11y
Elizabeta · #3912, 12y
Marietta · #3912, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Naledi · #3936, 16y
Excel · #3959, 11y
Elizabeta · #3912, 12y
Marietta · #3912, 12y

Kulthum 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 Kulthum without appearing here.

Kulthum moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Dianne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4684 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Kulthum

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #2326.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3936 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kulthum

Kulthum at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kulthum by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kulthum appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Kulthum and the names beside it

Kulthum moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kulthum

Kulthum at a glance

Kulthum by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kulthum appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Kulthum and the names beside it

Kulthum moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kulthum