How Many People Are Named Sultan?
people named Sultan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 145,502 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,396 babies named Sultan in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
161 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "ruler, king, sultan" in Arabic. In the Arab world this name is typically masculine, but Turkey it is given to both boys and girls.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sultan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sultan alive today is about 15 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sultan first appears in the records in 1966, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 161 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sultan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,243, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,243.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,243 |
| Best rank | #1,243 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,356 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sultan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sultan were born in California than in any other state: about 236 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sultan was given 4.1 times as often in Virginia, 3.2 times in New York and 1.9 times in New Jersey.
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