Suleyman — #3842 US boys' name
321 babies named Suleyman in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Suleyman was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Suleyman in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Suleyman
The Social Security Administration has registered 321 babies named Suleyman between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Suleyman currently holds the #3842 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Suleyman performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Suleyman shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Suleyman in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Suleyman 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 321 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.
Suleyman at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Suleyman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2024)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #3842 among boys.
321 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 29 births in a single year.
Suleyman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 145 births that decade — 45% of Suleyman's all-time total
Suleyman decade highlights
- Peak decade 145 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Suleyman's strongest decade
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Suleyman by state
Where Suleyman concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 1.6% of nationwide
- New York 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 1.6% 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, 2000–2024 (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.