How Many People Are Named Suleyman?
An estimated 318 people in the United States have the first name Suleyman. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Suleyman peaked in popularity in 2024 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Suleyman as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Suleyman paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
318
About 1 in 1,077,844 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2024
29 births
Total Registered
321
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Suleyman
Suleyman is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 321 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Suleyman as a male name
Ranked #3,870 in 2024
29 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (29 births)
Suleyman: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Suleyman span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 145 babies were registered. While Suleyman is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Suleyman by Decade
How has Suleyman tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Suleyman + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Suleyman as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Suleyman: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Suleyman?
We estimate approximately 318 people named Suleyman are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,077,844 Americans share this first name.
Is Suleyman a common name?
Suleyman is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 321 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Suleyman most popular?
Suleyman reached peak popularity in 2024, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Suleyman is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Suleyman a male name?
Suleyman is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Suleyman Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Suleyman Smith, Suleyman Johnson, Suleyman Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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