# Tulsi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tulsi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hindi |
| Meaning | “holy basil” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtʌlsi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 600 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 600 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 207, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hindi तुलसी (tulsī, “holy basil”), from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 10,343 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,870 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,893 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,898 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,444 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,953 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,571 |
| 2018 | 12 | 9,113 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,568 |
| 2020 | 29 | 4,638 |
| 2021 | 26 | 5,083 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,287 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,240 |
| 2024 | 36 | 4,108 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,162 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Tulsi

- Tulsi Gabbard, American politician (born 1981)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.