Girls' name · since 1989
Sua
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 192 babies named Sua, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,571 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
192 babies have been named Sua since 1989, making it today's #15571 girls' name.
Sua has 192 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15571 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #20,265 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,571 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 192 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sua ranks #20,265 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,571 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 192 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,571 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sua's 192 recorded births place it above 71.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sua compares
192 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sua's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sua | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 192 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sua's full recorded timeline at 2012, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Sua by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Sua's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Sua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (44% of all-time use).
Sua by state
Where Sua concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 5.7% |
11 of 192 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sua's data
- Sua's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Suas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sua draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.