Sulema
Sulema is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199672 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1916
- 2,002people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,002 girls have been named Sulema in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 72 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 72 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1990s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sulema | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | |
| 1920s | 79 | |
| 1930s | 111 | |
| 1940s | 201 | |
| 1950s | 211 | |
| 1960s | 219 | |
| 1970s | 218 | |
| 1980s | 216 | |
| 1990s | 360 | |
| 2000s | 237 | |
| 2010s | 106 | |
| 2020s | 26 |
In 1996, its biggest year
Sulema was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1996 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Sulema
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosariopeak 1993
- Janiecepeak 1993
- Carlynpeak 1992
- Prescillapeak 1991
- Juliennepeak 1960
- Arceliapeak 1975
- Lucilapeak 1982
- Annamariepeak 1996
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.