NameTides

Suleiman

Suleiman was the #1,771 boys' name in the US in 2025 (91 babies), and #593 in England & Wales and #1,207 in Canada.

Suleiman as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Suleiman as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Suleiman as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,771 (91)#593 (65)#1,207 (20)
2024#1,776 (92)#567 (67)#729 (36)
2023#1,668 (102)#574 (65)#1,115 (20)
2022#2,379 (59)#699 (48)#1,759 (10)
2021#2,040 (72)#659 (55)#1,653 (11)
2020#1,946 (74)#739 (44)#1,595 (11)
2019#2,150 (66)#813 (38)#1,375 (14)
2018#2,546 (50)#958 (30)#1,682 (10)
2017#3,193 (36)#1,124 (25)#1,510 (12)
2016#2,783 (43)#1,157 (24)#1,683 (10)
2015#2,600 (47)#1,024 (28)#1,577 (11)
2014#2,885 (40)#1,144 (23)#2,133 (7)
2013#3,339 (32)#1,462 (16)#2,305 (6)
2012#4,003 (25)#1,852 (12)—
2011#4,659 (20)#1,600 (14)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,668.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1983.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 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 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Suleiman is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Suleiman 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: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: 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: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: #1,652TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Suleiman (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#57920

Suleiman (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
SuleimanCanadaBoys#1,20720
SuleimanEngland & WalesBoys#59365
SuleimanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SuleimanUSBoys#1,77191