Sue — #7937 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sue

The Social Security Administration has registered 144,523 babies named Sue between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sue currently holds the #7937 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 5,306 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sue performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 40,943 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sue shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 11,758 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Sue in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sue 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 144,523 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.