NameTides

Sulaiman

Sulaiman was the #1,585 boys' name in the US in 2025 (107 babies), and #418 in England & Wales and #555 in Canada.

Sulaiman as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sulaiman as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Sulaiman as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,585 (107)#418 (96)#762 (3)—#555 (52)
2024#1,521 (116)#364 (119)—#785 (3)#613 (44)
2023#1,498 (119)#381 (106)#614 (4)—#738 (34)
2022#1,611 (108)#427 (96)——#787 (32)
2021#1,915 (79)#457 (90)——#1,076 (21)
2020#1,634 (98)#426 (94)——#1,129 (19)
2019#1,755 (89)#449 (90)#609 (4)—#722 (34)
2018#1,959 (75)#460 (88)#595 (4)—#653 (39)
2017#1,661 (95)#448 (94)#733 (3)#610 (4)#971 (23)
2016#1,903 (77)#493 (82)——#1,069 (20)
2015#2,068 (68)#461 (88)——#1,122 (18)
2014#1,828 (81)#457 (86)——#1,003 (21)
2013#2,668 (44)#524 (70)——#1,252 (15)
2012#2,678 (45)#606 (58)——#996 (21)
2011#3,000 (38)#524 (67)#648 (3)—#1,076 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,498.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1972.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sulaiman is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,900 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sulaiman by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sulaiman (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#47826

Sulaiman (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SulaimanCanadaBoys#55552
SulaimanEngland & WalesBoys#41896
SulaimanIrelandBoys—too few
SulaimanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SulaimanScotlandBoys#7623
SulaimanUSBoys#1,585107