Kulsum
Kulsum is a name with multiple cultural origins: Urdu, Bengali.
- Urdu
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Kulsum
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kulsum is a name with multiple cultural origins: Urdu, Bengali.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Urdu
- Bengali
The Story of Kulsum
American parents first put Kulsum on the record books as a baby girl name in 1993, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 8 Kulsums were born — ranking #11,611 that year. About 42% of every Kulsum on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kulsum last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 53 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kulsum
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kulsum. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kulsum
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About the name Kulsum
Kulsum is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 53 births in the dataset. Kulsum's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #11,611. Use the chart and map above to compare Kulsum's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.