Sultana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sool-TAH-nah
- Origin
- Arabic
Sultana is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “female ruler”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sultana mean?
Arabic: feminine of sultan
“female ruler”
Feminine of sultan, from Arabic sulta 'authority'; long used as a name by Bengali and other South Asian Muslims.
Is Sultana a girl's or a boy's name?
Sultana is a girls' name.
How popular is Sultana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sultana in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sultana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Sultana in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Sultana in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sultana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
Names like Sultana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Khadija, Halima, Amira, Safiya, Abeeha, Hafsa, Hiba, Sumayyah, Syeda, Sabiha, Samira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Sultana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sultana, updated 20 October 2026.