NameTides

Sultan

Sultan was the #1,241 boys' name in the US in 2025 (161 babies), and #360 in England & Wales and #571 in Canada.

Sultan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sultan 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 & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Sultan 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#1,241 (161)#360 (117)#441 (7)—#571 (51)
2024#1,290 (152)#414 (97)#727 (3)—#537 (52)
2023#1,420 (128)#519 (75)—#770 (3)#592 (45)
2022#1,306 (145)#615 (59)#703 (3)#657 (4)#616 (43)
2021#1,583 (109)#610 (61)——#805 (31)
2020#1,423 (121)#544 (68)——#731 (34)
2019#1,614 (102)#674 (51)——#995 (22)
2018#1,553 (108)#657 (53)——#1,093 (19)
2017#1,707 (92)#730 (47)—#710 (3)#1,113 (19)
2016#1,628 (98)#616 (58)—#713 (3)#1,346 (14)
2015#2,036 (70)#856 (36)——#1,577 (11)
2014#2,277 (58)#889 (33)——#1,250 (15)
2013#2,492 (49)#1,086 (24)—#711 (3)#1,654 (10)
2012#2,326 (55)#1,086 (25)——#1,655 (10)
2011#2,748 (43)#1,303 (19)——#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,241.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1966.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 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 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sultan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,000 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sultan 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: #606ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,015OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: 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: #525VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: 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: #1,415TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sultan (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#45827
Quebec2025#7165

Sultan (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
SultanCanadaGirls—too few
SultanCanadaBoys#57151
SultanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SultanEngland & WalesBoys#360117
SultanIrelandBoys—too few
SultanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SultanScotlandBoys#4417
SultanUSBoys#1,241161