Sultan
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning ruler; king.
Babies a year
117
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#360
117 babies · up from #414
Sultan by the numbers
In 2025, 117 babies in England and Wales were named Sultan. In the US, 92 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 97 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sultan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sultaanruler; sovereign3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suttonsettlement in the south775 in the US (2017)
- Sloanwarrior; from gaelic sluaghadh584 in the US (2017)
- Salmansafe and sound23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Subhanglory; praise; exalted34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sufyanswift, quick-moving43 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Sultan, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Henryruler of the home2,295 in England and Wales (2025)
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Arthurbear; the legendary king3,211 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sultan
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