How Many People Are Named Dulse?
An estimated 247 people in the United States have the first name Dulse. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Dulse peaked in popularity in 2001 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Dulse as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Dulse paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
247
About 1 in 1,387,669 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2001
17 births
Total Registered
253
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Dulse
Dulse is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 253 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Dulse as a female name
Ranked #13,567 in 2013
7 female births in 2013
Peak: 2001 (17 births)
Dulse: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Dulse span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 127 babies were registered. Dulse has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Dulse by Decade
How has Dulse tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Dulse by State
Dulse + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Dulse as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Dulse
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Dulse: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dulse?
We estimate approximately 247 people named Dulse are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,387,669 Americans share this first name.
Is Dulse a common name?
Dulse is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 253 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Dulse most popular?
Dulse reached peak popularity in 2001, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Dulse is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Dulse a female name?
Dulse is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Dulse Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Dulse Smith, Dulse Johnson, Dulse Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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