Sua — #15906 US girls' name
187 babies named Sua in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Sua was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Sua in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sua
The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Sua between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sua currently holds the #15906 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sua performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sua shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sua 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 187 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.
Sua at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2022)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #15906 among girls.
187 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 15 births in a single year.
Sua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 84 births that decade — 45% of Sua's all-time total
Sua decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sua's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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 | 5.9% |
11 of 187 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.