Girls' name · since 1985
Suad
270 babies named Suad in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Suad is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 270 have been recorded since 1985.
Suad has 270 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2024.
- #16,868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 270 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Suad ranks #16,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 270 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Suad's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
Suad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Suad's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Suad popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Suad popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1987 (Suad as boys' name)
Suad by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (104 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Suad's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Suad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 104 births (39% of all-time use).
Suad by state
Where Suad concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 7 | 2.6% |
7 of 270 births nationwide.
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What to do with Suad's data
- Suad's decade-level peak was the 2000s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Minnesota records the most Suads (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota 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 Suad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1985–2024 (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 Suad 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.