Sulema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-LEH-mah
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Sulema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “peaceful, safe”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Sulema mean?
Arabic: Spanish spelling of Arabic Sulayma, a diminutive of Salma
“peaceful, safe”
Is Sulema a girl's or a boy's name?
Sulema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sulema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Sulema, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Sulema in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were given Sulema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,152, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
- Zulema 64
- Sulema 6
Sulema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,962 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,194 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 25 | #2,413 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,780 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,044 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,969 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,807 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,045 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Sulema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samantha Rebecca Fatima Melissa Jessica Christina Sara Diana Stephanie Joanna Vanessa Monica
Other spellings of Sulema
Names related to Sulema
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Sulema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sulema, updated 20 October 2026.