Sultan is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “authority.” In 2024 it was given to 151 boys in the United States.
Sultan belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “authority” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Sultan first appears in Social Security records in 1966. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1297 in 2024, and in 2024 151 babies received the name — 2,234 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Sultan means “authority” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Sultan is a boy name. In 2024, 151 babies received the name in the US.
Sultan comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Sultan first appears in US records in 1966. Its best-ever ranking was #1297 in 2024, and 151 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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