Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sultan

#2,820 most common boys' name of all time · #6,786 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1966–2025

Rank among boys
#2,820
Rank overall
#6,786 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
2,396
Since 2016
1,216
Peak year
2025 #1,241
Best rank
#1,241 2025
Girls Boys peak 161/yr
198020002020

Sultan first appears in 1966. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 161 161 #1,241
2024 — 152 152 #1,293
2023 — 128 128 #1,426
2022 — 145 145 #1,307
2021 — 109 109 #1,587
2020 — 121 121 #1,430
2019 — 102 102 #1,621
2018 — 108 108 #1,558
2017 — 92 92 #1,710
2016 — 98 98 #1,636
2015 — 70 70 #2,046
2014 — 58 58 #2,285
2013 — 49 49 #2,506
2012 — 55 55 #2,338
2011 — 43 43 #2,768
2010 — 41 41 #2,891
2009 — 35 35 #3,239
2008 — 25 25 #4,078
2007 — 18 18 #5,064
2006 — 27 27 #3,724
2005 — 32 32 #3,198
2004 — 34 34 #2,987
2003 — 26 26 #3,470
2002 — 34 34 #2,787
2001 — 40 40 #2,452
2000 — 22 22 #3,691
1999 — 27 27 #3,061
1998 — 32 32 #2,625
1997 — 23 23 #3,208
1996 — 24 24 #3,063
1995 — 26 26 #2,800
1994 — 25 25 #2,904
1993 — 21 21 #3,196
1992 — 18 18 #3,529
1991 — 24 24 #2,797
1990 — 18 18 #3,390
1989 — 21 21 #2,959
1988 — 20 20 #2,823
1987 — 15 15 #3,281
1986 — 14 14 #3,370
1985 — 21 21 #2,486
1984 — 15 15 #3,057
1983 — 11 11 #3,788
1982 — 15 15 #3,055
1981 — 19 19 #2,553
1980 — 15 15 #3,050
1979 — 22 22 #2,288
1978 — 17 17 #2,649
1977 — 17 17 #2,644
1976 — 28 28 #1,817
1975 — 26 26 #1,877
1974 — 20 20 #2,185
1973 — 14 14 #2,698
1972 — 6 6 #4,838
1971 — 8 8 #3,903
1966 — 9 9 #2,984