# Suleiman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/suleiman/  
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 | Sulaiman, Suleman, Soliman, Sulayman, Sulaymaan, Sulyman, Suleyman, Sulaman, Sulejman, Sleiman, Sliman, Slimane |
| US babies named this | 1,048 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,048 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 695, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān). Doublet of Solomon.

## 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 | 20 | 4,799 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,115 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,399 |
| 2014 | 40 | 2,924 |
| 2015 | 47 | 2,638 |
| 2016 | 43 | 2,832 |
| 2017 | 36 | 3,242 |
| 2018 | 50 | 2,573 |
| 2019 | 66 | 2,168 |
| 2020 | 74 | 1,960 |
| 2021 | 72 | 2,055 |
| 2022 | 59 | 2,404 |
| 2023 | 102 | 1,678 |
| 2024 | 92 | 1,794 |
| 2025 | 91 | 1,777 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 30 | 958 |
| 2019 | 38 | 813 |
| 2020 | 44 | 739 |
| 2021 | 55 | 659 |
| 2022 | 48 | 699 |
| 2023 | 65 | 574 |
| 2024 | 67 | 567 |
| 2025 | 65 | 593 |

## People named Suleiman

- Suleiman Frangieh, Fifth President of Lebanon (1910-1992)
- Sulayman al-Baruni, Berber Ibadi scholar, poet, statesman and a prominent figure in the history of Libya
- Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, 19th century Islamic scholar of Pakistan (1884–1953)
- Sulayman ibn Hisham, 8th-century Umayyad prince and general
- Abu al-Walid al-Baji, Andalusí writer and scholar
- Sulayman Baqirghani, Central Asian Sufi saint, disciple of Ahmad Yasawi
- Sulaiman bin Yasar

## 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.