Suellyn — girls' name
291 babies named Suellyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Suellyn was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Suellyn in 1943 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Suellyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 291 babies named Suellyn between 1941 and 1970, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suellyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Suellyn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Suellyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Suellyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Suellyn 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 291 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.
Suellyn at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Suellyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1941
- Peak year (1943)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
291 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1943 with 22 births in a single year.
Suellyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 143 births that decade — 49% of Suellyn's all-time total
Suellyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Suellyn's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Suellyn by state
Where Suellyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 23 | 7.9% |
23 of 291 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 7.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 7.9% 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, 1941–1970 (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.