Recorded 1980–2020 Girls' name Peak 1980 19 births

Zulekha — girls' name

19 babies named Zulekha in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1980s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Zulekha was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

9 babies were named Zulekha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zulekha

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Zulekha between 1980 and 2020, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zulekha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zulekha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zulekha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zulekha 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 19 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.

Zulekha at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

19

Since 1980

41 years of records

Peak year

1980

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1980

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 2020

Zulekha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1980

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1980)
9
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
45678910 202020101980 9

Zulekha by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
9 births that decade — 47% of Zulekha's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zulekha?
19 babies have been named Zulekha since 1980. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1980 with 9 births.
When was Zulekha most popular?
Zulekha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 9 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
How long has the name Zulekha been used?
Zulekha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 41 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Zulekha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zula, Zulema, Zulma, Zuleyka, 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, 1980–2020 (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.