Sultaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SUL-tan
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Sultaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “ruler, authority”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Sultaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sultan
“ruler, authority”
Arabic for power or authority, later the title of Muslim sovereigns such as the Ottoman rulers.
Meaning borrowed from Sultan.
Is Sultaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Sultaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sultaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Sultaan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 4 boys.
In 2025, 127 boys in the UK were given Sultaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #378, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Sultan 124
- Sultaan 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Sultaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
Names like Sultaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Amir, Zayaan, Umar, Hamza, Azaan, Zayan, Zayyan, Zayd, Musa, Zaydaan, Khalid
Other spellings of Sultaan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sultaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sultaan, updated 20 October 2026.