Sulo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sulo

The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Sulo between 1911 and 1927, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sulo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sulo performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sulo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Sulo in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sulo 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 220 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.