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How popular is the name Suleyman?

Births per year, rank history and how many Suleymans are alive today.

Suleyman (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1226th in 2025 and given to 23 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 24 babies were given the name, the 1139th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Suleyman you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Suleymans born in England and Wales are between 5 and 21, and there are at least 390 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Suleyman - on average, only one in every 777 such rooms contains a Suleyman.

How many babies are named Suleyman each year?

01020200020201996: 71997: 31998: 72000: 62001: 42002: 32003: 62004: 132005: 92006: 152007: 112008: 132009: 52010: 102011: 102012: 112013: 102014: 112015: 122016: 172017: 122018: 192019: 132020: 192021: 242022: 142023: 202024: 182025: 23actual

Where does Suleyman rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,5911997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 1,6422000: ranked 1,8892001: ranked 2,5872002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 2,1892004: ranked 1,3472005: ranked 1,8512006: ranked 1,3472007: ranked 1,7562008: ranked 1,5962009: ranked 3,2272010: ranked 2,0362011: ranked 2,0392012: ranked 1,9622013: ranked 2,0552014: ranked 1,9352015: ranked 1,9022016: ranked 1,4982017: ranked 1,9232018: ranked 1,3242019: ranked 1,7452020: ranked 1,3142021: ranked 1,1392022: ranked 1,6922023: ranked 1,3092024: ranked 1,4602025: ranked 1,226

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Suleyman most popular?

Suleyman peaked in 2021, when 24 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Suleyman?

At least 390 people named Suleyman born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Suleyman?

Most living Suleymans are between 5 and 21; the most common age is about 2.

Is Suleyman becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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