Souleymane
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-lay-MAHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Souleymane is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peaceful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Souleymane mean?
Hebrew: West African French spelling of Sulayman (Solomon)
“peaceful”
West African form of Sulayman, the Arabic name of King Solomon, honoured as a prophet in Islam.
Is Souleymane a girl's or a boy's name?
Souleymane is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Souleymane in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Souleymane, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4 boys.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Souleymane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Suliman 12
- Souleymane 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Souleymane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Souleymane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Souleymane, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Souleymane in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Souleymane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
Names like Souleymane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Musa, Muhammad, Zakariya, Abdullah, Sulaiman, Mustafa, Ismail, Hamza, Eesa, Jude, Zayd
Other spellings of Souleymane
Names related to Souleymane
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Souleymane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/souleymane, updated 20 October 2026.