Su — girls' name

What the Data Says About Su

The Social Security Administration has registered 691 babies named Su between 1935 and 2023, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Su currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Su performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Su shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Su in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Su in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 691 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.