Sulma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOOL-mah
- Origin
- Arabic
Sulma is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Sulma come from?
Arabic: probably a Spanish-language variant of Arabic Salma
Is Sulma a girl's or a boy's name?
Sulma is a girls' name.
How popular is Sulma in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Sulma in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sulma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
Names like Sulma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Salma Summer Safiya Samira Hiba Farah Faiza Zaira Huda Zainab Rahma
Names related to Sulma
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Sulma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sulma, updated 20 October 2026.