# Sulayman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sulayman/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 743 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 743 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,145, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 26 | 3,973 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,835 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,601 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,231 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,387 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,215 |
| 2017 | 45 | 2,753 |
| 2018 | 24 | 4,333 |
| 2019 | 31 | 3,626 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,643 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,168 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,456 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,108 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,388 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,300 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 929 |
| 2012 | 33 | 901 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,024 |
| 2014 | 45 | 714 |
| 2015 | 54 | 640 |
| 2016 | 35 | 884 |
| 2017 | 54 | 650 |
| 2018 | 56 | 636 |
| 2019 | 72 | 526 |
| 2020 | 64 | 568 |
| 2021 | 69 | 556 |
| 2022 | 71 | 540 |
| 2023 | 75 | 519 |
| 2024 | 71 | 538 |
| 2025 | 80 | 484 |

## People named Sulayman

- Sulayman al-Baruni, Berber Ibadi scholar, poet, statesman and a prominent figure in the history of Libya
- Sulayman Marreh, Gambian association football player

## 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.