Sulaiman
Masculine · “peaceful”
Sulaiman is the Arabic of Solomon — a prophet in the Quran who commands the wind, the jinn and the speech of birds, and a king in the Bible famous for wisdom.
How old is the name Sulaiman?
Sulaiman first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Sulaiman is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,800 people named Sulaiman are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sulaiman most popular?
Sulaiman peaked in 2023, reaching #1498 nationally. Today it ranks #1585, 87 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From shalom to Sulaiman
The story of Sulaiman
Solomon builds the Temple and judges the two mothers in Kings; Sulayman in the Quran commands the jinn and understands the language of the ants and the hoopoe. His seal became one of the most persistent symbols in the medieval world. The name is used across the Muslim world, and Sulaiman appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
peaceful, of peace
From the Hebrew Shelomo, built on shalom, 'peace' — the same root as the Arabic salaam. Arabic took it as Sulayman. Both the Hebrew and Arabic words are ordinary and the meaning is undisputed across both traditions.
How the name formed
- shalom
- Shelomo
- Sulayman
- Sulaiman
Related forms: سليمان · Süleyman · Solomon · Sulaiman
Pronouncing Sulaiman
soo-lay-MAHN
Three syllables, stress on the third. Turkish Süleyman has a front-rounded first vowel English does not have.
Nicknames for Sulaiman
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 2023119 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1498reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −7.8%107 in 2025, from 116
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sulaiman in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- سليمان in Arabic — transliteration
- Süleyman in Turkish — related form
- Solomon in English — related form
- Sulaiman in Indonesian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Sulaimans among us
people named Sulaiman are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 15,963 born in 2025 was named Sulaiman
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Sulaiman
- #1585
- Sulaiman on the 2025 chart
- #760
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sulaiman went to 107 boys in 2025, but Sulayman is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 168, which makes it the 760th most-given boys’ name of the year — 825 places above the chart.
- Sulaiman107
- Sulayman61
About 1 boy in 10,167 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 15,963 for Sulaiman itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dolan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sulaiman's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dolan climbed just as high around 1934, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dolan's path sketches the road Sulaiman is walking now.
Sulaiman sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sulaiman is headed
Sulaiman looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 16% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sulaiman beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sulaiman in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The peace meaning is transparent and undisputed in both Hebrew and Arabic.
- The same figure carries major narratives in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition.
- It is used across Arabic, Turkish, Malay and Indonesian naming.
- Several transliterations are in use and it will need dictating.
- Three syllables make it long for everyday use.
- Solomon is the form English speakers will assume as an equivalent.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sulaimans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Sulaiman are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Sulaiman?
- Sulaiman is the most-used spelling in US records — 107 of the 168 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Sulayman.
- How popular is the name Sulaiman in 2025?
- Sulaiman ranks #1585 among US boy names in 2025, with 107 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sulaiman?
- About 1 in every 15,963 US boys born in 2025 was named Sulaiman — 107 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sulaiman with classmates?
- Sulaiman will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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