Shulamith
Shulamith is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Shulamith
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shulamith is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Shulamith
The earliest SSA record of Shulamith as a baby girl name dates back to 1944, when 5 babies received it. 1944 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Shulamith — #4,574 in the national rankings. About 75% of every Shulamith on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Shulamith last appeared in the published SSA data in 1986, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Shulamith
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About the name Shulamith
Shulamith is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1944 and has accumulated 20 births in the dataset. Shulamith's peak popularity came in 1944 when it ranked #4,574. Use the chart and map above to compare Shulamith's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.