Zuleyka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-LAY-kah
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Zuleyka is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Zuleyka mean?
Arabic: Spanish spelling of Zulaikha; Arabic or Persian source debated
Islamic tradition and Persian poetry give the name Zulaikha to Potiphar's wife in the story of Joseph.
Is Zuleyka a girl's or a boy's name?
Zuleyka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zuleyka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Zuleyka, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 126 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Zuleyka in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zuleyka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2015 | 126 | #1,685 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,997 |
| 2013 | 116 | #1,761 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,829 |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,878 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
Names like Zuleyka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahara, Amira, Safa, Aaliyah, Samira, Zainab, Zamira, Zaira, Zahira, Zaina, Salma, Safiya
Names related to Zuleyka
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, “Zuleyka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zuleyka, updated 20 October 2026.