Boys' name · since 1989
Sulayman
743 babies named Sulayman in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,184 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,296 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 743
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sulayman currently ranks #2296 among boys' names in America, with 743 babies recorded since 1989.
Sulayman has 743 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2296 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #6,184 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,296 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 743 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sulayman ranks #6,184 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,296 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 743 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,184 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,296 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 743
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sulayman's 743 recorded births place it above 86.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sulayman compares
743 Top 36% higher than 64% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sulayman's all-time total is 101% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sulayman | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 743 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sulayman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sulayman splits its recorded history at 2008: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 61 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sulayman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Sulayman by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (265 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Sulayman's strongest decade.
265 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Sulayman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 55
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
180 births
- 2010s
2010s
265 births
- 2020s
2020s
238 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 265 births (36% of all-time use).
How Sulayman compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Sulayman's total volume
Sulayman by state
Where Sulayman concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 44 | 5.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 41 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
44 of 743 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Sulayman's data
- Sulayman's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (265 total births) through the 2020s (238) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sulaymans (44 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sulayman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sulayman draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.