Girls' name · since 2021
Zuleyha
13 babies named Zuleyha in U.S. Social Security records since 2021, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #51,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,658 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
13 babies have been named Zuleyha since 2021, making it today's #14658 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zuleyha recorded 13 times among girls since 2021, holding rank #14658 nationally today, ahead of 15% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #51,382 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,658 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuleyha ranks #51,382 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,658 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #51,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,658 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zuleyha's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zuleyha compares
13 5th percentile among 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
Zuleyha's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zuleyha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zuleyha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zuleyha's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zuleyha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Zuleyha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Zuleyha's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Zuleyha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zuleyha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2021–2025 (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 Zuleyha 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.