How rare is the name Zulma?

5,657 people in the United States have the first name Zulma, about 1 in 53,391. It ranks #3,614 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZULMA

#3,614

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,657
About
1 in 53,391
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,657 people named Zulma, 98.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zulma peaked in 1974, when 52 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
1974
Births that year
52
In 2025*
13 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,662 babies have been given the name since 1947. 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.

Zulma by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #3,497. The largest share of babies named Zulma, 33%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1940s#10,03915
1950s#4,827141
1960s#3,769260
1970s#3,497382
1980s#5,751233
1990s#6,197289
2000s#9,028234
2010s#19,34479
2020s#23,42329
Baby boom 1946–6416.7%
Generation X 1965–8033%
Millennials 1981–9624.8%
Generation Z 1997–1220.9%
2013 and later4.6%

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.

Either side of Zulma

#3,612 Felicitas · 5,660#3,613 Chanda · 5,658#3,615 Cheng · 5,656#3,615 Malika · 5,656

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,670 Zulema · 5,541#38,064 Zulima · 203

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