Zulema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-LEH-muh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,691 for girls
Zulema is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,691st for girls in the US (64 babies).
Where does Zulema come from?
Arabic: Spanish name of probable Arabic origin
Is Zulema a girl's or a boy's name?
Zulema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zulema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,691among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were named Zulema, making it the 2,691st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,135th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the girls named Zulema in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were given Zulema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,152, up from #2,691 for this spelling alone.
- Zulema 64
- Sulema 6
Zulema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,691 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,404 |
| 2021 | 104 | #1,897 |
| 2020 | 85 | #2,135 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 75 | #2,485 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,887 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,675 |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,494 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,209 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,304 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,335 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,636 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,508 |
| 1995 | 95 | #1,584 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,836 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,811 |
| 1992 | 68 | #2,005 |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,888 |
| 1990 | 84 | #1,729 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 41 | #2,491 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,197 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,250 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,391 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 42 | #2,189 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,387 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,713 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,667 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,690 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,542 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,672 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,088 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,045 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,945 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,501 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,765 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,884 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
Names like Zulema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima Athena Zara Samantha Alina Francesca Elena Elisa Bianca Alana Joanna Alexandra
Other spellings of Zulema
Names related to Zulema
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Aaliyah Amir Amira 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, “Zulema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zulema, updated 20 October 2026.