Girls' name · since 2008
Zuli
Zuli has 51 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,926 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zuli sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 51 recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Zuli recorded 51 times among girls since 2008, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 2008 to 2023.
- #34,926 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuli ranks #34,926 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,926 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zuli's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zuli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zuli's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zuli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2023
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
51 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 9 births in a single year.
Zuli by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Zuli's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Zuli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (59% of all-time use).
Zuli decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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, 2008–2023 (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 Zuli 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.
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