Sulayman

What Sulayman means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Sulayman yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Sulayman?

US: Rising: up from #4295 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #640 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 61 boys got the name (#2284 that year). First in the US records in 1989.

How common

• About 1 in 28,001 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,399 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IL (0.12 per 1,000 boys), NC (0.1 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.09 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Sulayman is #2284 in the US and #484 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Sulayman were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Sulaiman107 US · 96 E&W
• Suleiman91 US · 65 E&W
• Suleyman18 US · 23 E&W
• Suleman14 US · 12 E&W
• Suliman11 US · 12 E&W
• Sulaymaan0 US · 16 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Sulayman

Boys

• Jaxson#156Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 13 babies
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Kayson#264Variant of Cason, meaning “house”^*
• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies

For a sister

• Lennon#214“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Adalyn#260Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Milani#288Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #664 in 2015, #288 in 2025
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sulayman’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.