Sulaiman is a distinctive choice, ranked #418 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Sulaiman in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#418
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About the Name Sulaiman
Sulaiman is currently at its most popular point on record, sitting at UK #364. The name has climbed 62 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Sulaiman is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Sulaiman in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Sulaiman
Ahmed Sulaiman — Ahmed Sulaiman (Arabic:أحمد سليمان) is an Emirati footballer.
Faiz Wan Sulaiman — Wan Mohammad Faiz bin Wan Sulaiman is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysia A2 Amateur League club AAK Puncak Alam.
Sulaiman Baba Timbo — Sulaiman Baba Timbo is a former student of 'The Bo School', a graduate of Durham University (currently Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone) and a former student union Leader.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Sulaiman
Unlikely. With around 96 UK babies named Sulaiman per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Sulaiman in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Sulaiman has been fairly steady, ranked #418 in 2025 against #426 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #364 in 2024.
Sulaiman is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Sulaiman include: Ahmed Sulaiman, Faiz Wan Sulaiman and Sulaiman Baba Timbo. Short summaries for each appear below.
Sulaiman does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Sulaimans in the wild.
96
UK babies named Sulaiman (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 8 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Sulaiman
Almost certainly the only Sulaiman in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Sulaiman
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Wan Mohammad Faiz bin Wan Sulaiman is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysia A2 Amateur League club AAK Puncak Alam.
Sulaiman Baba Timbo is a former student of 'The Bo School', a graduate of Durham University (currently Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone) and a former student union Leader.
The Stele of Sulaiman is a Yuan dynasty stele that was erected in 1348 to commemorate the benefactors and donors to a Buddhist temple at the Mogao Caves southeast of Dunhuang in Gansu, China.