Girls' name · since 1880
Sudie
4,024 babies named Sudie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,983 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,024
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
4,024 girls have been named Sudie since 1880, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sudie has 4,024 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1984.
- #2,983 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 4,024 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sudie ranks #2,983 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 4,024 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,983 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,024
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Sudie's 4,024 recorded births place it above 95.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
Sudie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sudie splits its recorded history at 1926: 33% of all births land in the more recent half, 67% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 99 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sudie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1984
- Peak year (1916)
- 99
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Sudie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (789 births, 20% of the file).
1910s was Sudie's strongest decade.
789 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Sudie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
393 births
- 1890s
1890s
481 births
- 1900s
1900s
529 births
- 1910s
1910s
789 births
- 1920s
1920s
760 births
- 1930s
1930s
425 births
- 1940s
1940s
352 births
- 1950s 199
1950s
199 births
- 1960s 64
1960s
64 births
- 1970s 26
1970s
26 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 789 births (20% of all-time use).
How Sudie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sudie's total volume
Sudie by state
Where Sudie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 767 | 19.1% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 294 | 7.3% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 151 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 142 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 130 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 46 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 42 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 34 | 0.8% |
767 of 4,024 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Sudie appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sudie's data
- Sudie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (789 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Sudies (767 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sudie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1880–1984 (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 Sudie 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.