Girls' name · since 1975
Zuleyka
1,586 babies named Zuleyka in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,022 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,586
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,586 babies have been named Zuleyka since 1975, making it today's #5022 girls' name.
Zuleyka has 1,586 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5022 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of girls, 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 1975 to 2025.
- #5,501 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,022 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,586 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuleyka ranks #5,501 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,022 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,586 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,022 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,586
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zuleyka's 1,586 recorded births place it above 92.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zuleyka compares
1,586 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Zuleyka's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zuleyka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,586 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 126 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zuleyka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zuleyka splits its recorded history at 2005: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 126 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zuleyka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 126
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Zuleyka by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (742 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Zuleyka's strongest decade.
742 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Zuleyka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 73
1980s
73 births
- 1990s 179
1990s
179 births
- 2000s
2000s
400 births
- 2010s
2010s
742 births
- 2020s 184
2020s
184 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 742 births (47% of all-time use).
How Zuleyka 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 Zuleyka's total volume
Zuleyka by state
Where Zuleyka concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 301 | 19.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 207 | 13.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 93 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 40 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 36 | 2.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 34 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 29 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Connecticut | | 17 | 1.1% |
301 of 1,586 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Zuleyka appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Zuleyka's data
- Zuleyka's decade-level peak was the 2010s (742 total births); usage has since declined to 184 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Zuleykas (301 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Zuleyka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Zuleyka 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.