Shulamit — girls' name
95 babies named Shulamit in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
95 girls have been named Shulamit since 1971, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2025.
- 95
- total births
- 1971–2025
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Shulamit was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shulamit in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shulamit
The Social Security Administration has registered 95 babies named Shulamit between 1971 and 2025, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shulamit currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shulamit performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shulamit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shulamit in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 95 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shulamit at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shulamit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1971
- Peak year (1983)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
95 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 11 births in a single year.
Shulamit by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 29 births that decade — 31% of Shulamit's all-time total
Shulamit decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shulamit's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.