girls:
3.9k births since 1889
#2751 (52nd percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1889
#4380 (43rd percentile)
The name Zulema is the #4,380 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,939 recorded births since 1889. This represents the 43.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,751 (51.9% percentile) for all time with 3,939 births since 1889.
Zulema first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1889 (first recorded for girls in 1889). Birth data for Zulema is available in 111 out of the 135 years between 1889 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, Zulema reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 11.8% percentile (ranked #758) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 57 births per million (ranked 10.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zulema ranks #899 for girls (5.1% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 52.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zulema".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Zulema. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.2% confident that Zulema is pronounced as zue-LEH-muh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zue-LAY-muh, at 31.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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