Girls' name · since 1984
Zuleima
725 babies named Zuleima in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,962 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 725
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zuleima is the #6962 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 725 recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuleima has been recorded 725 times among girls since 1984, currently ranked #6962 nationally and more common than 60% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #9,314 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,962 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 725 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuleima ranks #9,314 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,962 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 725 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,962 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 725
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Zuleima's 725 recorded births place it above 87.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zuleima compares
725 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Zuleima's all-time total is 93% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zuleima | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 725 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zuleima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zuleima splits its recorded history at 2006: 33% of all births land in the more recent half, 67% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 61 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zuleima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Zuleima by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (335 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Zuleima's strongest decade.
335 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Zuleima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
335 births
- 2000s
2000s
218 births
- 2010s 95
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 52
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 335 births (46% of all-time use).
How Zuleima 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 Zuleima's total volume
Zuleima by state
Where Zuleima concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 229 | 31.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 28 | 3.9% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
229 of 725 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Zuleima's data
- Zuleima's decade-level peak was the 1990s (335 total births); usage has since declined to 52 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Zuleimas (229 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 Zuleima: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Zuleima 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.