Souleymane

#5,019 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Sulayman

Souleymane has been given to 447 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #5,019 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 25 recorded.

Babies named Souleymane, 2025

1 in 166,000

Souleymane over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Souleymane: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Sulayman

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Souleymane means

Souleymane is a form of Sulayman.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sulayman.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 447 boys were recorded with the name Souleymane between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2007; its best national rank was #4,102 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,936 in 2020 to #5,019 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,952 in 2015 to #5,019 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Souleymane?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 166,000; 20 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 85,400; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,019; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 114,896 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Souleymane sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Souleymane. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Souleymanes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Souleymane was born before 2012 — so the typical Souleymane is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 35.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 91.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 447; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 35.3% of all recorded uses (158).

Is Souleymane rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −474; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +917; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,933; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 80.0%; Peak was 2007 (25)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,102; 2007

Where Souleymane is used

Across 1910–2025, Souleymane was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 107,166 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in 100,000
2Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Souleymane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Souleymane around the world

Where Souleymane ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2007–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
1966–2025
#142
in 2025
Canada
2006–2024
#1,964
in 2024
South Australia
2007–2009
#708
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Souleymane by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,019
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 917
Best rank ever: #4,102; 2007
Peak year: 2007; 25 that year
First recorded: 1995
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 447
Count in 2025: 20

Names similar to Souleymane

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Southern Soufiane Alhassane Alassane Ousmane Antwane Coltrane Sloane Maclane Stephane Soul Kwamane Zidane Zhane Jermane Adriane Deshane Mclane Sourish Dewane Ioane Daquane Xane Jumaane

Sibling names for Souleymane

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Yahaira Jamya Abigayle Taniya Tayla Jazmyne Jaylen Hayleigh

For a brother

Jamarcus Gavyn Nevin Brennen Nathen Brandt Kadin Zakary

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