Girls' name · since 1970
Shulamis
Shulamis has 253 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,503 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,447 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Shulamis is the #5447 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 253 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shulamis has been recorded 253 times among girls since 1970, currently ranked #5447 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #17,503 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,447 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 253 born since 1970
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shulamis ranks #17,503 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,447 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 253 born since 1970, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,503 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,447 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shulamis's 253 recorded births place it above 75.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Shulamis compares
253 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shulamis's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shulamis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 253 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shulamis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shulamis's full recorded timeline at 2013, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shulamis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Shulamis by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (115 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Shulamis's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Shulamis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 45
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
115 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 115 births (45% of all-time use).
Shulamis by state
Where Shulamis concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 80 | 31.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 16 | 6.3% |
80 of 253 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- New Jersey records the most Shulamiss (80 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shulamis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shulamis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.