Zulema is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1996 and has grown less common since.
Zulema is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,718 for girl births in the United States (and #4,791 across all names), given to 64 babies. Zulema was first reported in SSA data in 1889 and peaked in 1996 (106 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | #2,929 |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | #3,139 |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | #2,424 |
| 2021 | 104 | 104 | #1,909 |
| 2020 | 85 | 85 | #2,155 |
| 2019 | 55 | 55 | #3,001 |
| 2018 | 50 | 50 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 50 | 50 | #3,245 |
| 2016 | 37 | 37 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 39 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 38 | 38 | #4,002 |
| 2013 | 31 | 31 | #4,644 |
| 2012 | 40 | 40 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 39 | 39 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 45 | 45 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 52 | 52 | #3,250 |
| 2008 | 46 | 46 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 75 | 75 | #2,508 |
| 2006 | 60 | 60 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 58 | 58 | #2,864 |
| 2004 | 61 | 61 | #2,709 |
| 2003 | 65 | 65 | #2,521 |
| 2002 | 54 | 54 | #2,818 |
| 2001 | 50 | 50 | #2,923 |
| 2000 | 71 | 71 | #2,235 |
| 1999 | 64 | 64 | #2,342 |
| 1998 | 60 | 60 | #2,369 |
| 1997 | 96 | — | #1,655 |
| 1996 | 106 | — | #1,518 |
| 1995 | 95 | — | #1,597 |
| 1994 | 77 | — | #1,861 |
| 1993 | 80 | — | #1,829 |
| 1992 | 68 | — | #2,032 |
| 1991 | 74 | — | #1,912 |
| 1990 | 84 | — | #1,754 |
| 1989 | 41 | — | #2,768 |
| 1988 | 40 | — | #2,699 |
| 1987 | 41 | — | #2,530 |
| 1986 | 36 | — | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 39 | — | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 39 | — | #2,469 |
| 1983 | 44 | — | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 44 | — | #2,287 |
| 1981 | 48 | — | #2,157 |
| 1980 | 40 | — | #2,439 |
| 1979 | 54 | — | #1,951 |
| 1978 | 42 | — | #2,236 |
| 1977 | 42 | — | #2,215 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | #2,438 |
| 1975 | 55 | — | #1,728 |
| 1974 | 55 | — | #1,687 |
| 1973 | 53 | — | #1,713 |
| 1972 | 42 | — | #1,974 |
| 1971 | 29 | — | #2,598 |
| 1970 | 34 | — | #2,306 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | #2,584 |
| 1968 | 29 | — | #2,295 |
| 1967 | 18 | — | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 28 | — | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 23 | — | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 19 | — | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | #2,604 |
| 1961 | 21 | — | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 27 | — | #2,306 |
| 1959 | 23 | — | #2,456 |
| 1958 | 20 | — | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 22 | — | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 22 | — | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #2,552 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | #2,698 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | #2,390 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | #2,211 |
| 1948 | 24 | — | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 22 | — | #2,145 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 22 | — | #1,899 |
| 1942 | 18 | — | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | #1,809 |
| 1940 | 18 | — | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | #1,880 |
| 1938 | 17 | — | #2,020 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,730 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 16 | — | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #5,098 |
| 1931 | 25 | — | #1,548 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | #1,874 |
| 1929 | 21 | — | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 17 | — | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 21 | — | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 17 | — | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 14 | — | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,730 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | #3,451 |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #3,257 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,967 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,234 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,478 |