Sulaymaan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sulaymaan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sulaymaan: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,467 in 2001, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1467highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2074
1999	#2943
2001	#1467
2002	#2005
2003	#3467
2004	#3009
2005	#2174
2006	#4052
2007	#2741
2008	#3158
2009	#2837
2010	#4678
2012	#4805
2013	#2403
2014	#2964
2015	#3373
2016	#2335
2017	#3040
2018	#3412
2019	#2266
2020	#1935
2021	#1984
2022	#2529
2023	#2007
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2074 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1467 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sulaymaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sulaymaan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	49	9 of 10	5
2010s	54	9 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sulaymaan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1467 in England and Wales in 2001.

Sulaymaan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,467, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amjad · #1467, 28y
Lyam · #1467, 20y
Mubeen · #1467, 25y
Flo · #1469, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amjad · #1467, 28y
Lyam · #1467, 20y
Mubeen · #1467, 25y
Shahzad · #1467, 19y

Sulaymaan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sulaymaan without appearing here.

Sulaymaan moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #4608.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2266 and #4702.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.

Moved ahead of Sulaymaan

Cillian Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2005 and #2254 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1962.
Filip Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2074 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #1664.
Hudson Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #1850.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Sulaymaan

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sulaymaan went from #2074 to #2921 while Albie went from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sulaymaan went from #2074 to #2921 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sulaymaan went from #2074 to #2921 while Alfred went from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sulaymaan went from #2074 to #2921 while Archie went from #120 to #10.

Moved the same way as Sulaymaan

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sulaymaan went from #2074 to #2921 and Aaron from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sulaymaan went from #2074 to #2921 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sulaymaan went from #2074 to #2921 and Alan from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sulaymaan went from #2074 to #2921 and Alex from #46 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1467 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sulaymaan

Sulaymaan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sulaymaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sulaymaan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sulaymaan and the names beside it

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Sulaymaan at a glance

Sulaymaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sulaymaan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sulaymaan and the names beside it

Sulaymaan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sulaymaan

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