Sultan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sultan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #375 in 2003, and it stood at #414 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#375highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2000	#2746
2001	#2023
2003	#2727
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2009	#4564
2010	#4012
2011	#3549
2013	#4050
2015	#3615
2017	#4763

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #414 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2023
Highest recorded position: #375 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2001–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #414 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sultan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,010 births with the name.

Sultan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sultan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#414 (2024)	#414 (2024)	29 of 29	1,010 (1996–2024)	97 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#409 (2001)	#375 (2003)	#770 (2023)	11 of 23	38 (2001–2023)	5 (2003)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2023 (2001)	#4763 (2017)	16 of 22	73 (1996–2017)	8 (2001)

Sultan 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 Sultan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	60	4 of 10	15
2000s	220	10 of 10	22
2010s	370	10 of 10	37
2020sbusiest	360	5 of 10	72

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 72 births a year.

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

Sultan appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #375 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Sultan'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	#414	97	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#519	75	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#615	59	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#610	61	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#544	68	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#674	51	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#657	53	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#730	47	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#616	58	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#856	36	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1086	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#904	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1048	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#926	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1048	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#954	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#794	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#924	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#964	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #375, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 97 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Sully · #509, 16y
Sultana · #1434, 14y
Sumaira · #1646, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Aden · #375, 29y
Bryson · #375, 25y
Izaac · #375, 29y
Kayne · #375, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aden · #375, 29y
Anisah · #375, 27y
Bryson · #375, 25y
Izaac · #375, 29y

Sultan was ranked #375 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sultan 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 Sultan without appearing here.

Sultan moved ahead of

Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #5785.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4012 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #5730.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3548 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Sultan

Harper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2727 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #3725.
Finley Compare
In 2007 they stood at #403 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #698 and #346.
Lachlan Compare
In 2007 they stood at #375 and #423 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #698 and #346.
Magnus Compare
In 2002 they stood at #907 and #1077 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1011 and #813.

Moved the opposite way to Sultan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sultan went from #1235 to #414 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sultan went from #1235 to #414 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sultan went from #1235 to #414 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sultan went from #1235 to #414 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Sultan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sultan went from #1235 to #414 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sultan went from #1235 to #414 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sultan went from #1235 to #414 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sultan went from #1235 to #414 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #375 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sultan

Sultan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sultan across 3 official records

Sultan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sultan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sultan

Sultan and the names beside it

Sultan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sultan

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Sultan at a glance

Sultan across 3 official records

Sultan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sultan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sultan

Sultan and the names beside it

Sultan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sultan

Moved the opposite way to Sultan

Moved the same way as Sultan