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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Zulma

Zulma was the 8358th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 1759th with 52 babies. More babies were named Zulma in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#8,358 girls, up 2,727 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
13girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
197452 babies
Total since 1880
1,662babies recorded

Zulma popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#8,35813
2020#11,0859
2010#8,69914
2000#4,07831
1990#4,52222
1980#3,13328
1970#1,85848
1960#3,21116
1950#5,3006
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1920——
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1880——

How popular is Zulma, counting every spelling?

Zulma has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Zulma?

13 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zulma (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zulma born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 646 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zulma.

Chance of another Zulma in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Zulma?

About 1,600 people born in the US named Zulma are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 29 and 56. That makes Zulma mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Zulma by state

How common Zulma was among girls born in each state in 1972–1976, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (3.7×), California (2.9×). In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCA0.07Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Zulma, girls, 1972–1976. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Zulma

How popular is the name Zulma?

Zulma was the 8358th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 1759th with 52 babies. More babies were named Zulma in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Zulma a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zulma in the US.

Where was Zulma most popular?

In 1972–1976, Zulma was most common in New York (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.