Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sulema

#4,470 most common girls' name of all time · #7,599 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among girls
#4,470
Rank overall
#7,599 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
2,008
Since 2016
62
Peak year
1996 #1,969
Best rank
#1,807 1952
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sulema first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 — 6 #13,354
2023 8 — 8 #11,265
2022 7 — 7 #12,352
2021 11 — 11 #9,059
2019 8 — 8 #11,462
2018 5 — 5 #15,878
2017 8 — 8 #11,714
2016 9 — 9 #10,951
2015 15 — 15 #7,659
2014 10 — 10 #10,214
2013 6 — 6 #14,719
2012 15 — 15 #7,854
2011 14 — 14 #8,242
2010 16 — 16 #7,561
2009 15 — 15 #8,103
2008 14 — 14 #8,581
2007 16 — 16 #7,775
2006 22 — 22 #5,946
2005 25 — 25 #5,134
2004 31 — 31 #4,406
2003 31 — 31 #4,234
2002 19 — 19 #5,929
2001 39 — 39 #3,431
2000 25 — 25 #4,675
1999 37 — 37 #3,387
1998 37 — 37 #3,314
1997 32 — 32 #3,567
1996 72 — 72 #1,969
1995 25 — 25 #4,126
1994 31 — 31 #3,558
1993 35 — 35 #3,232
1992 31 — 31 #3,521
1991 26 — 26 #3,953
1990 34 — 34 #3,241
1989 18 — 18 #4,880
1988 19 — 19 #4,521
1987 14 — 14 #5,374
1986 23 — 23 #3,674
1985 22 — 22 #3,752
1984 18 — 18 #4,204
1983 25 — 25 #3,267
1982 22 — 22 #3,683
1981 28 — 28 #3,096
1980 27 — 27 #3,152
1979 24 — 24 #3,361
1978 26 — 26 #3,039
1977 20 — 20 #3,651
1976 19 — 19 #3,580
1975 19 — 19 #3,545
1974 24 — 24 #2,945
1973 32 — 32 #2,374
1972 19 — 19 #3,313
1971 20 — 20 #3,298
1970 15 — 15 #3,922
1969 21 — 21 #2,951
1968 17 — 17 #3,229
1967 31 — 31 #2,134
1966 20 — 20 #2,784
1965 14 — 14 #3,459
1964 30 — 30 #2,223
1963 16 — 16 #3,233
1962 25 — 25 #2,435
1961 22 — 22 #2,642
1960 23 — 23 #2,549
1959 25 — 25 #2,318
1958 18 — 18 #2,797
1957 27 — 27 #2,149
1956 18 — 18 #2,779
1955 17 — 17 #2,786
1954 19 — 19 #2,557
1953 21 — 21 #2,337
1952 31 — 31 #1,807
1951 15 — 15 #2,762
1950 20 — 20 #2,227
1949 24 — 24 #1,993
1948 23 — 23 #2,052
1947 23 — 23 #2,074
1946 22 — 22 #2,009
1945 16 — 16 #2,211
1944 22 — 22 #1,850
1943 17 — 17 #2,224
1942 18 — 18 #2,103
1941 20 — 20 #1,870
1940 16 — 16 #2,100
1939 15 — 15 #2,188
1938 10 — 10 #2,888
1937 14 — 14 #2,295
1936 16 — 16 #2,019
1935 13 — 13 #2,417
1934 15 — 15 #2,172
1933 8 — 8 #3,348
1932 12 — 12 #2,628
1930 8 — 8 #3,592
1929 6 — 6 #4,409
1928 5 — 5 #5,147
1927 10 — 10 #3,249
1926 9 — 9 #3,505
1925 10 — 10 #3,330
1924 7 — 7 #4,321
1923 11 — 11 #3,105
1922 6 — 6 #4,837
1921 7 — 7 #4,365
1920 8 — 8 #3,890
1919 7 — 7 #4,169
1918 6 — 6 #4,683
1916 5 — 5 #5,118