Suleman — #7968 US boys' name
243 babies named Suleman in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Suleman was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Suleman in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Suleman
The Social Security Administration has registered 243 babies named Suleman between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Suleman currently holds the #7968 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Suleman performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Suleman shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Suleman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Suleman 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 243 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.
Suleman at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Suleman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2017)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #7968 among boys.
243 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 17 births in a single year.
Suleman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 82 births that decade — 34% of Suleman's all-time total
Suleman decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Suleman's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Suleman by state
Where Suleman concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 4.1% |
10 of 243 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.