Girls' name · since 1967
Zuleika
1,230 babies named Zuleika in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,503 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,619 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,230
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Zuleika currently ranks #6619 among girls' names in America, with 1,230 babies recorded since 1967.
Social Security Administration records show Zuleika recorded 1,230 times among girls since 1967, holding rank #6619 nationally today, ahead of 62% 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 1967 to 2025.
- #6,503 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,619 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,230 born since 1967
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuleika ranks #6,503 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,619 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,230 born since 1967, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,503 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,619 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,230
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Zuleika's 1,230 recorded births place it above 91.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zuleika compares
1,230 Top 29% higher than 71% of 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
Zuleika's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zuleika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,230 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zuleika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zuleika splits its recorded history at 1997: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 54 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zuleika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Zuleika by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (282 births, 23% of the file).
1990s was Zuleika's strongest decade.
282 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Zuleika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
177 births
- 1980s
1980s
172 births
- 1990s
1990s
282 births
- 2000s
2000s
265 births
- 2010s
2010s
235 births
- 2020s 86
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 282 births (23% of all-time use).
How Zuleika compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zuleika's total volume
Zuleika by state
Where Zuleika concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 152 | 12.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 135 | 11.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 59 | 4.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 35 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 19 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 0.5% |
152 of 1,230 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Zuleika appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Zuleika's data
- Zuleika's decade-level peak was the 1990s (282 total births); usage has since declined to 86 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Zuleikas (152 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Zuleika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Zuleika 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.