# Sulaiman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sulaiman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,872 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,872 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,947, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,036 |
| 2012 | 45 | 2,709 |
| 2013 | 44 | 2,706 |
| 2014 | 81 | 1,841 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,085 |
| 2016 | 77 | 1,918 |
| 2017 | 95 | 1,680 |
| 2018 | 75 | 1,976 |
| 2019 | 89 | 1,761 |
| 2020 | 98 | 1,645 |
| 2021 | 79 | 1,928 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,623 |
| 2023 | 119 | 1,500 |
| 2024 | 116 | 1,526 |
| 2025 | 107 | 1,597 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 67 | 524 |
| 2012 | 58 | 606 |
| 2013 | 70 | 524 |
| 2014 | 86 | 457 |
| 2015 | 88 | 461 |
| 2016 | 82 | 493 |
| 2017 | 94 | 448 |
| 2018 | 88 | 460 |
| 2019 | 90 | 449 |
| 2020 | 94 | 426 |
| 2021 | 90 | 457 |
| 2022 | 96 | 427 |
| 2023 | 106 | 381 |
| 2024 | 119 | 364 |
| 2025 | 96 | 418 |

## People named Sulaiman

- Sulaiman Layeq, Afghan politician (1930-2020)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.