Recorded 2001–2012 Girls' name Peak 2010 32 births

Suley — girls' name

32 babies named Suley in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s122010s20
2010s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Suley was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

9 babies were named Suley in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Suley

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Suley between 2001 and 2012, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Suley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Suley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Suley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Suley 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 32 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.

Suley at a glance

Last recorded 2012

Total births

32

Since 2001

12 years of records

Peak year

2010

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2012

Active since

2001

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 2012

Suley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2001

Last recorded 2012
Peak year (2010)
9
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
45678910 20122011201020092001 5

Suley by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
20 births that decade — 63% of Suley's all-time total
2000s122010s20

Suley by state

Where Suley concentrates geographically — total births since 2001

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Suley
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 18.8%
California share of Suley's total US births 18.8%

6 of 32 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Suley?
32 babies have been named Suley since 2001. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 2010 with 9 births.
When was Suley most popular?
Suley was most popular in the 2010s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Suley most popular?
The top states for the name Suley are California (6 births).
How long has the name Suley been used?
Suley has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 12 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Suley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sulema, Sula, Sullivan, Sulma, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2001–2012 (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.