Souleymane — #4497 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Souleymane

The Social Security Administration has registered 427 babies named Souleymane between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Souleymane currently holds the #4497 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Souleymane performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Souleymane shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 176 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Souleymane in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Souleymane in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 427 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.