Tulip

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A few things about Tulip you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Tulip

Tulip Joshi

Indian actress

Choose Tulip and your child shares a first name with Tulip Joshi, an Indian actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Tulip, like who?” Tulip Joshi's Wikipedia article is available in 24 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Canadiantulip, CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 80,645 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Tulip, 20 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Tulip would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryTulip first shows up in US birth records in 2006, the first year at least 5 babies got it. That makes it a fairly new name, younger than many of today's parents.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2018, when it reached #4,357.
• ✨New on the sceneTulip wasn't given to enough babies to be counted in 2000. It only took off after 2006.
• 🍂TrendTulip has slipped 914 places over the last five years and now sits at #5,917. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Tulip means “tulip flower”.

About the name Tulip

Tulip is a girl name meaning “tulip flower”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with T and ending in “-lip”. US birth records list Tulip for girls from 2006 to 2025, in 18 of those 20 years. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked #4,357 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #5,917, with 20 babies.