Suan — unisex name
106 babies named Suan in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Suan was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Suan in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Suan
The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Suan between 1947 and 1977, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Suan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 61 additional births since 1985.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Suan performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Suan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Suan 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 106 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.
Suan at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Suan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1947
- Peak year (1968)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
106 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 10 births in a single year.
Suan popularity over time — boys
61 total births recorded since 1985 (Suan as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Suan accounts for 37% of total recorded use across both genders.
Suan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 50 births that decade — 47% of Suan's all-time total
Suan decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Suan's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1947–1977 (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.