Girls' name · since 1988
Suleika
155 babies named Suleika in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,271 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 155
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Suleika is the #11271 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 155 recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Suleika recorded 155 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #11271 nationally today, ahead of 35% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #22,456 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,271 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 155 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Suleika ranks #22,456 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,271 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 155 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,271 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 155
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Suleika's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Suleika compares
155 32nd 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
Suleika's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Suleika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 155 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Suleika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Suleika's full recorded timeline at 2001, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Suleika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Suleika by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Suleika's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Suleika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (36% of all-time use).
Suleika by state
Where Suleika concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 155 births nationwide.
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What to do with Suleika's data
- Suleika's decade-level peak was the 1990s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Suleikas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Suleika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Suleika 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.