Kulsum
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KOOL-soom
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Kulsum is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “full-cheeked”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Kulsum mean?
Arabic: South Asian form of Kulthum
“full-cheeked”
Umm Kulthum was a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Kulsum a girl's or a boy's name?
Kulsum is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kulsum in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Kulsum, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kulsum in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Kulsum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
Names like Kulsum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faiza, Saba, Salma, Hibah, Farah, Tasnim, Ilham, Samah, Aysha, Rabab, Fatma, Habiba
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kulsum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kulsum, updated 20 October 2026.