Recorded 1988–2022 Girls' name Peak 2008 147 births

Suleika — girls' name

147 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.

1980s121990s562000s532010s162020s10
1990s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Suleika was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

12 babies were named Suleika in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Suleika

The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Suleika between 1988 and 2022, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suleika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Suleika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Suleika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Suleika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Suleika 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 147 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.

Suleika at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

147

Since 1988

35 years of records

Peak year

2008

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1988

Recorded for 35 years

Last year on file: 2022

Suleika popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1988

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2008)
12
Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
468101214 20222010200520011996199319901988 6

Suleika by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
56 births that decade — 38% of Suleika's all-time total
1980s121990s562000s532010s162020s10

Suleika by state

Where Suleika concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Suleika
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 3.4%
New York share of Suleika's total US births 3.4%

5 of 147 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Suleika?
147 babies have been named Suleika since 1988. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2008 with 12 births.
When was Suleika most popular?
Suleika was most popular in the 1990s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Suleika most popular?
The top states for the name Suleika are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Suleika been used?
Suleika has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 35 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Suleika?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sulema, Sula, Sullivan, Sulma, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1988–2022 (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.