Suleyman

maleStatistical record

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

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

Suleyman: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,139 in 2021, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1139highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2859
1998	#1642
2000	#1889
2001	#2587
2002	#3225
2003	#2189
2004	#1347
2005	#1851
2006	#1347
2007	#1756
2008	#1596
2009	#3227
2010	#2036
2011	#2039
2012	#1962
2013	#2055
2014	#1935
2015	#1902
2016	#1498
2017	#1923
2018	#1324
2019	#1745
2020	#1314
2021	#1139
2022	#1692
2023	#1309
2024	#1460

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1139 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Suleyman 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 Suleyman in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	85	10 of 10	9
2010s	125	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	95	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Suleyman 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1139 in England and Wales in 2021.

Suleyman'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	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,139, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 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 →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,460position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 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.

Suleiman · #567, 29y
Suleman · #600, 29y
Suliman · #1174, 28y
Sullivan · #269, 29y

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.

Evander · #1139, 23y
Isiah · #1139, 27y
Muadh · #1139, 23y
Alden · #1143, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aksa · #1139, 20y
Evander · #1139, 23y
Isiah · #1139, 27y
Muadh · #1139, 23y

Suleyman 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 Suleyman without appearing here.

Suleyman moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2036 and #4678.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Espen Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1851 and #3849.
Gustav Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1902 and #1786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1498 and #3478.

Moved ahead of Suleyman

Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1591 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1174.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1347 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1756 and #926.
Theodor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1596 and #1828 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #2544.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1889 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1949.

Moved the opposite way to Suleyman

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Suleyman went from #2859 to #1309 while Kelly went from #1454 to #3523.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suleyman went from #3225 to #1460 while Espen went from #3225 to #5119.

Moved the same way as Suleyman

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suleyman went from #2859 to #1460 and Cooper from #2022 to #139.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suleyman went from #2587 to #1460 and Harper from #2587 to #1402.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Suleyman went from #1591 to #3227 and Ashleigh from #402 to #3227.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1139 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Suleyman

Suleyman at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Suleyman by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Suleyman at a glance

Suleyman by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Suleyman appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Suleyman and the names beside it

Suleyman moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Suleyman

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