Given name

Sulamita

Sulamita is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Sulamita isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sulamita through the years

Babies since 1880
258
0 boys · 258 girls
Most popular year
1999
17 babies
2025
11
#9,389 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+71%
Rising fast
02.557.51020002025Highest share 19996.8
Sulamita in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1994–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,389 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 71.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 287 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Sulamita, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Sumra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Salmah

“one who is healthy and safe”

12Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Sadaya

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Seairah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ciarra

“a dark beauty”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Arabic · Modern

Nadira

“one who is precious; rare”

20RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Madhumita

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sulamita’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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