Zuleica

Girls' name

English equivalent of Zuleika

Zuleica has been given to 170 babies in the U.S. since 1988. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Zuleica, 2016

1 in 524,000

Zuleica over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zuleica: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Zuleika

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zuleica means

Zuleica is a English equivalent of Zuleika.

Origin, language, and formation

Zuleica is used in Portuguese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zuleika.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Zuleica is pronounced /zuˈlej.kɐ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 170 girls were recorded with the name Zuleica between 1988 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1992; its best national rank was #5,476 in 1992.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Zuleica?

Zuleica had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 524,000; 7 of 3,669,531 births
Among girls only: 1 in 253,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 363,362 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zuleica sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2016 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 363,362 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zuleica. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zuleicas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zuleica was born before 1996 — so the typical Zuleica is around 29 today.

Median birth year: 1996; About 29 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 54.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 87.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 170; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 54.1% of all recorded uses (92).

Is Zuleica rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1992 (18)
Years since peak: 33; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,476; 1992

Spellings of Zuleica

Zuleica is not the most common spelling — Zulema is, with 46.6% against Zuleica's 1.9%.

Zulema46.6%4,062
Zuleyka18.2%1,586
Zuleika14.1%1,230
Zuleyma10.9%951
Zuleima8.3%725
Zuleica1.9%170

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Zuleica is used

Across 1910–2025, Zuleica was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 800,639 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Zuleica has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zuleica by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,476; 1992
Peak year: 1992; 18 that year
First recorded: 1988
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 170
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zuleica

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Zuleimy Alyrica Zuleima Zuley Zuleyma Zuleika Zuleidy Zuleyka Federica Zuleyha Deerica Zulay Vernica Gessica Shemica Zuliana Ronnica Shenica Cherica Tessica Jassica Milica Sharica Jyssica

Sibling names for Zuleica

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shelbi Shelbie Ilana Danyelle Kelsea Ivonne Maira Stormy

For a brother

Coty Malcom Edgardo Arnulfo Dillan Devante Shay Rosendo

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