Suliman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-li-MAHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Suliman is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Suliman mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Sulaiman, the Arabic form of Solomon
“peace”
The Arabic form of Solomon, honoured in Islam as the prophet Sulayman and borne by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Suliman a girl's or a boy's name?
Suliman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Suliman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Suliman, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Suliman than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Suliman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Suliman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Suliman 12
- Souleymane 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Suliman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Suliman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Suliman, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Suliman in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Suliman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
Names like Suliman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ibrahim, Sulaiman, Abdullah, Zayaan, Zayan, Abdulrahman, Mustafa, Hamza, Zayd, Zakariya
Other spellings of Suliman
Names related to Suliman
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Suliman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/suliman, updated 20 October 2026.