Sultan — #1296 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sultan

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,234 babies named Sultan between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sultan currently holds the #1296 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 151 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sultan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 716 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sultan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 212 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sultan in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sultan 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 2,234 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.