girls:
2k births since 1916
#3820 (33rd percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1916
#5772 (25th percentile)
The name Sulema is the #5,772 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,002 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 25.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,820 (33.2% percentile) for all time with 2,002 births since 1916.
Sulema first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (first recorded for girls in 1916). Birth data for Sulema is available in 105 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Sulema reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #792) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2000, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sulema ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 12.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sulema".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Sulema. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.8% confident that Sulema is pronounced as sue-LAY-muh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sue-LEH-muh, at 28.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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