How Many People Are Named Sulaiman?
people named Sulaiman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 185,550 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,872 babies named Sulaiman in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
119 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant Arabic transcription of SULAYMAN, as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sulaiman in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sulaiman alive today is about 13 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sulaiman first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2023, to 119 babies. In 2025, 107 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sulaiman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,500, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #1,597.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,597 |
| Best rank | #1,500 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,109 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sulaiman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sulaiman were born in New York than in any other state: about 190 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sulaiman was given 4.1 times as often in New York, 3.9 times in Virginia and 2.9 times in Illinois.
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