Girls' name · since 2013
Zuleikha
Zuleikha has 21 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,756 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zuleikha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 21 have been recorded since 2013.
Zuleikha has 21 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2020.
- #45,756 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuleikha ranks #45,756 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #45,756 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zuleikha's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zuleikha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zuleikha splits its recorded history at 2017: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zuleikha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2020
- Peak year (2017)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Zuleikha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Zuleikha's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Zuleikha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Zuleikha's decade-level peak was the 2010s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zuleikha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2013–2020 (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 Zuleikha 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.