Suleyman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SOO-lay-maan
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Suleyman is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peaceful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Suleyman mean?
Hebrew: Turkish form of Solomon
“peaceful”
The Turkish form, Süleyman, recalls Süleyman the Magnificent, the 16th-century Ottoman sultan.
Is Suleyman a girl's or a boy's name?
Suleyman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Suleyman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Suleyman, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Suleyman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Suleyman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
- Suleyman 23
- Suleman 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Suleyman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Suleyman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Suleyman, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer boys named Suleyman than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Suleyman in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Suleyman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
Names like Suleyman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Sulaiman Muhammad Ibrahim Zayan Zayaan Zakariya Abdullah Mustafa Zayd Rayyan Abdulrahman
Other spellings of Suleyman
Names related to Suleyman
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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, “Suleyman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/suleyman, updated 20 October 2026.