Suleika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-LAY-kuh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Suleika is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Suleika mean?
Arabic: variant of Zuleika (Arabic Zulaykha)
Zulaykha is the name given in Islamic and Persian tradition to Potiphar's wife, who loved the prophet Yusuf (Joseph).
Is Suleika a girl's or a boy's name?
Suleika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Suleika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Suleika, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Suleika in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Suleika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Suleika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira Safa Salma Amira Safiya Aaliyah Zahara Khadija Safia Aliya Zahira Halima
Names related to Suleika
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Suleika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/suleika, updated 20 October 2026.