How rare is the name Zulema?

5,541 people in the United States have the first name Zulema, about 1 in 54,508. It ranks #3,670 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZULEMA

#3,670

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,541
About
1 in 54,508
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,541 people named Zulema, 97.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% as White and 1.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zulema peaked in 1996, when 106 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
106
In 2025*
64 ▼40%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,062 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Zulema by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,084. The largest share of babies named Zulema, 23.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#3,1215
1900s#4,9315
1910s#6,25843
1920s#4,268145
1930s#3,781146
1940s#3,564183
1950s#4,006194
1960s#4,055230
1970s#3,214440
1980s#3,893412
1990s#3,084804
2000s#4,777592
2010s#6,326424
2020s#4,357439
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.8%
Silent Generation 1928–457.1%
Baby boom 1946–649.5%
Generation X 1965–8014.7%
Millennials 1981–9623.5%
Generation Z 1997–1223%
2013 and later18.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Zulema is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zulema has been most common in Texas (7×), California (3.9×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in New York (0.18×).

2,920 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Zulema

#3,668 Agnieszka · 5,549#3,669 Lam · 5,542#3,671 Tri · 5,535#3,672 Fritz · 5,533

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zulema, most common first.

#3,614 Zulma · 5,657#10,021 Zuleyma · 1,352#11,453 Zuleima · 1,118#38,064 Zulima · 203

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