Sulamita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-la-MEE-ta
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Sulamita is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Sulamita mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Italian form of Shulamit
From the Shulammite, the woman celebrated in the biblical Song of Songs; the name is often linked to Hebrew shalom, 'peace'.
Is Sulamita a girl's or a boy's name?
Sulamita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sulamita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Sulamita, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Sulamita in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sulamita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Sulamita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Samira, Zamira, Seraphina, Salma, Amira, Salem, Raya, Azariah, Samara, Sarahi, Hadassah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sulamita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sulamita, updated 20 October 2026.