Sultaan
Sultaan is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by T L V Prasad and produced by Amit Kumar, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Suvarna Mathew, Jack Gaud, Mukesh Rishi and Dharmendra in a special appearance. The film is a remake of the Telugu film Sultan. It was released on 17 March 2000 and failed at the box office.
Meaning & Origin of Sultaan
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Sultaan is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by T L V Prasad and produced by Amit Kumar, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Suvarna Mathew, Jack Gaud, Mukesh Rishi and Dharmendra in a special appearance. The film is a remake of the Telugu film Sultan. It was released on 17 March 2000 and failed at the box office.
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The Story of Sultaan
Sultaan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2019, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 5 Sultaans were born — ranking #12,142 that year. As of 2026, Sultaan ranks #12,301 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 15 Sultaans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sultaan
Sultaan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2019 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Sultaan's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #12,142. Use the chart and map above to compare Sultaan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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