Zuleyma — #6027 US girls' name
929 babies named Zuleyma in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Zuleyma was born in this single decade.
49 babies were named Zuleyma in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zuleyma
The Social Security Administration has registered 929 babies named Zuleyma between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zuleyma currently holds the #6027 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 49 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zuleyma performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zuleyma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 301 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zuleyma in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zuleyma 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 929 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.
Zuleyma at a glance
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Current rank
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Zuleyma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (1990)
- 49
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #6027 among girls.
929 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 49 births in a single year.
Zuleyma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 293 births that decade — 32% of Zuleyma's all-time total
Zuleyma decade highlights
- Peak decade 293 births
- Runner-up 262 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Zuleyma's strongest decade
293 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Zuleyma by state
Where Zuleyma concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 301 | 32.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 70 | 7.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 16 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
301 of 929 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 32.4% of nationwide
- Texas 7.5% of nationwide
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 32.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1984–2024 (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.