Sulema is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1996 and has since faded.
Sulema is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #14,723 for girl births in the United States (and #24,390 across all names), given to 6 babies. Sulema was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 1996 (72 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | #14,723 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #12,064 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | #13,427 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | #12,324 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | #17,840 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | #12,607 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | #11,680 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 | #7,960 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #10,862 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | #16,314 |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | #8,169 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #8,570 |
| 2010 | 16 | 16 | #7,844 |
| 2009 | 15 | 15 | #8,416 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | #8,910 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | #8,050 |
| 2006 | 22 | 22 | #6,103 |
| 2005 | 25 | 25 | #5,239 |
| 2004 | 31 | 31 | #4,478 |
| 2003 | 31 | 31 | #4,294 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #6,101 |
| 2001 | 39 | 39 | #3,480 |
| 2000 | 25 | 25 | #4,771 |
| 1999 | 37 | 37 | #3,435 |
| 1998 | 37 | 37 | #3,344 |
| 1997 | 32 | — | #3,615 |
| 1996 | 72 | — | #1,978 |
| 1995 | 25 | — | #4,202 |
| 1994 | 31 | — | #3,600 |
| 1993 | 35 | — | #3,280 |
| 1992 | 31 | — | #3,569 |
| 1991 | 26 | — | #4,044 |
| 1990 | 34 | — | #3,285 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #5,032 |
| 1988 | 19 | — | #4,637 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | #5,581 |
| 1986 | 23 | — | #3,747 |
| 1985 | 22 | — | #3,829 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | #4,302 |
| 1983 | 25 | — | #3,326 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #3,753 |
| 1981 | 28 | — | #3,135 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | #3,202 |
| 1979 | 24 | — | #3,427 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | #3,084 |
| 1977 | 20 | — | #3,740 |
| 1976 | 19 | — | #3,658 |
| 1975 | 19 | — | #3,621 |
| 1974 | 24 | — | #2,997 |
| 1973 | 32 | — | #2,394 |
| 1972 | 19 | — | #3,390 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | #3,356 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #4,019 |
| 1969 | 21 | — | #2,999 |
| 1968 | 17 | — | #3,294 |
| 1967 | 31 | — | #2,160 |
| 1966 | 20 | — | #2,833 |
| 1965 | 14 | — | #3,521 |
| 1964 | 30 | — | #2,241 |
| 1963 | 16 | — | #3,315 |
| 1962 | 25 | — | #2,454 |
| 1961 | 22 | — | #2,665 |
| 1960 | 23 | — | #2,566 |
| 1959 | 25 | — | #2,332 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | #2,849 |
| 1957 | 27 | — | #2,163 |
| 1956 | 18 | — | #2,806 |
| 1955 | 17 | — | #2,829 |
| 1954 | 19 | — | #2,588 |
| 1953 | 21 | — | #2,357 |
| 1952 | 31 | — | #1,817 |
| 1951 | 15 | — | #2,797 |
| 1950 | 20 | — | #2,243 |
| 1949 | 24 | — | #2,006 |
| 1948 | 23 | — | #2,062 |
| 1947 | 23 | — | #2,081 |
| 1946 | 22 | — | #2,017 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #2,229 |
| 1944 | 22 | — | #1,863 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | #2,240 |
| 1942 | 18 | — | #2,108 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | #1,874 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #2,094 |
| 1939 | 15 | — | #2,196 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,908 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | #2,301 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #2,018 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | #2,421 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #2,169 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,375 |
| 1932 | 12 | — | #2,618 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,624 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,503 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #5,344 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #3,259 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | #3,523 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #3,336 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | #4,388 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | #3,100 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,942 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,399 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,916 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #4,203 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,748 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #5,067 |