Girls' name · since 2017
Zulaikha
Zulaikha has 37 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zulaikha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 37 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zulaikha has been recorded 37 times among girls since 2017, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 2017 to 2024.
- #38,691 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zulaikha ranks #38,691 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zulaikha's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zulaikha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zulaikha's full recorded timeline at 2022, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zulaikha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Zulaikha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (31 births, 84% of the file).
2020s was Zulaikha's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Zulaikha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 31 births (84% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zulaikha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2017–2024 (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 Zulaikha 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.