Tulsi
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hindi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Tulsi is a girls' name of Hindi origin, meaning “holy basil”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Tulsi mean?
Hindi
“holy basil”
A female given name from Hindi.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Tulsi a girl's or a boy's name?
Tulsi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tulsi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Tulsi, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Tulsi than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Tulsi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Tulsi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Tulsi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Tulsi, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Tulsi in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tulsi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
Names like Tulsi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Remi, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Raya, Ayla, Iqra, Hiba, Amal, Ayra
Names related to Tulsi
More Hindi names
Prisha, Saanvi, Meera, Riya, Jiya, Diya, Reyansh, Sai, Shanaya, Neev, Aarush, Rivaan, Samaira, Rishaan, Sanaya, Muskan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tulsi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tulsi, updated 20 October 2026.