Suliman

maleStatistical record

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

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

Suliman: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,174, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1174highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1174
1998	#1821
1999	#1505
2000	#1889
2001	#1746
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2004	#1732
2005	#1716
2006	#1892
2007	#1666
2009	#1859
2010	#2629
2011	#2613
2012	#2721
2013	#1796
2014	#2459
2015	#2150
2016	#1903
2017	#2324
2018	#3959
2019	#2488
2020	#3334
2021	#2730
2022	#4001
2023	#2546
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 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 #2020 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: #1174 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Suliman 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 Suliman in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	72	9 of 10	8
2010s	84	10 of 10	8
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Suliman 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: #1174 in England and Wales in 1997.

Suliman'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	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,174, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

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 →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 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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Suleyman · #1139, 28y
Sullivan · #269, 29y
Sully · #509, 16y

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.

Koray · #1174, 28y
Marcello · #1174, 28y
Sufiyan · #1175, 28y
Ellie-Marie · #1176, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Iqbal · #1174, 17y
Koray · #1174, 28y
Marcello · #1174, 28y
Sufiyan · #1175, 28y

Suliman 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 Suliman without appearing here.

Suliman moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3467 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #3651.

Moved ahead of Suliman

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #1201.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Suliman

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suliman went from #2020 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suliman went from #2020 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suliman went from #2020 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suliman went from #2020 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Suliman

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suliman went from #2020 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suliman went from #2020 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suliman went from #2020 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Suliman went from #2020 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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: #1174 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Suliman

Suliman at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Suliman by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Suliman appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Suliman at a glance

Suliman by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Suliman appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Suliman and the names beside it

Suliman moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Suliman

Moved the opposite way to Suliman

Moved the same way as Suliman