Sulayman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-lay-MAAN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #529 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,284 for boys
Sulayman is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peaceful”. In 2025 it ranked 529th for boys in the UK (80 babies) and 2,284th for boys in the US (61 babies).
What does Sulayman mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Solomon
“peaceful”
The Arabic form of Solomon, honoured in Islam as a prophet and king.
Is Sulayman a girl's or a boy's name?
Sulayman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 boys in the UK and 61 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sulayman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #529among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 3,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 80 boys in the UK were named Sulayman, making it the 529th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 617th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 80 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sulayman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 260 boys in the UK were given Sulayman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #221, up from #529 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 484th in England and Wales.
Sulayman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #529 |
| 2024 | 74 | #574 |
| 2023 | 80 | #547 |
| 2022 | 72 | #583 |
| 2021 | 70 | #602 |
| 2020 | 65 | #617 |
| 2019 | 73 | #571 |
| 2018 | 56 | #689 |
| 2017 | 55 | #704 |
| 2016 | 37 | #923 |
| 2015 | 56 | #678 |
| 2014 | 45 | #773 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,040 |
| 2012 | 33 | #979 |
| 2011 | 31 | #993 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 39 | #818 |
| 2008 | 37 | #837 |
| 2007 | 31 | #920 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,065 |
| 2005 | 24 | #997 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 19 | #900 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Sulayman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,284among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 61 boys in the US were named Sulayman, making it the 2,284th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had the most boys named Sulayman of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Sulayman in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 259 boys in the US were given Sulayman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #845, up from #2,284 for this spelling alone.
Sulayman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,284 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Sulayman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah Abdulrahman Mustafa Zayaan Zayan Zayd Zakariya Hamza Huzaifa
Other spellings of Sulayman
Names related to Sulayman
More Hebrew names
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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, “Sulayman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sulayman, updated 20 October 2026.