Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sue

#283 most common girls' name of all time · #524 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#283
Rank overall
#524 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
145,055
Since 2016
87
Peak year
1947 #69
Best rank
#61 1946
📖The word “sue” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 5,318/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Sue is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 11 — 11 #8,861
2024 13 — 13 #7,967
2023 9 — 9 #10,312
2022 5 — 5 #15,306
2021 5 — 5 #15,251
2019 6 — 6 #13,800
2018 16 — 16 #7,101
2017 10 — 10 #9,943
2016 12 — 12 #8,875
2015 13 — 13 #8,447
2014 15 — 15 #7,639
2013 26 — 26 #5,143
2012 13 — 13 #8,633
2011 19 — 19 #6,564
2010 17 — 17 #7,221
2009 25 — 25 #5,537
2008 17 — 17 #7,410
2007 23 — 23 #5,896
2006 22 — 22 #5,906
2005 21 — 21 #5,801
2004 14 — 14 #7,828
2003 23 — 23 #5,237
2002 25 — 25 #4,768
2001 32 — 32 #3,940
2000 36 — 36 #3,591
1999 29 — 29 #3,971
1998 32 — 32 #3,649
1997 43 — 43 #2,820
1996 38 11 49 #3,093
1995 47 — 47 #2,623
1994 48 9 57 #2,586
1993 64 10 74 #2,112
1992 68 7 75 #2,010
1991 79 10 89 #1,807
1990 74 11 85 #1,892
1989 86 14 100 #1,615
1988 97 18 115 #1,428
1987 101 8 109 #1,351
1986 108 8 116 #1,254
1985 140 11 151 #1,056
1984 147 8 155 #979
1983 171 8 179 #886
1982 211 11 222 #777
1981 270 7 277 #657
1980 347 — 347 #543
1979 272 5 277 #639
1978 235 — 235 #680
1977 280 — 280 #605
1976 241 — 241 #643
1975 293 — 293 #566
1974 355 5 360 #495
1973 396 — 396 #463
1972 453 — 453 #429
1971 632 5 637 #371
1970 666 — 666 #367
1969 810 — 810 #318
1968 979 — 979 #276
1967 1,258 — 1,258 #231
1966 1,316 8 1,324 #227
1965 1,775 — 1,775 #190
1964 2,173 10 2,183 #176
1963 2,591 6 2,597 #155
1962 3,184 — 3,184 #135
1961 3,506 9 3,515 #130
1960 4,009 6 4,015 #120
1959 4,387 11 4,398 #107
1958 4,673 15 4,688 #102
1957 4,490 10 4,500 #104
1956 3,755 — 3,755 #118
1955 3,729 8 3,737 #116
1954 3,975 — 3,975 #106
1953 3,648 8 3,656 #106
1952 3,335 — 3,335 #113
1951 3,357 14 3,371 #106
1950 3,503 9 3,512 #100
1949 3,926 11 3,937 #88
1948 4,675 10 4,685 #78
1947 5,306 12 5,318 #69
1946 5,144 17 5,161 #61
1945 3,914 16 3,930 #66
1944 4,034 15 4,049 #62
1943 3,850 19 3,869 #72
1942 3,631 15 3,646 #73
1941 3,359 16 3,375 #75
1940 3,104 8 3,112 #81
1939 2,623 — 2,623 #92
1938 2,589 10 2,599 #104
1937 2,504 12 2,516 #101
1936 2,222 9 2,231 #109
1935 2,024 13 2,037 #115
1934 1,933 14 1,947 #119
1933 1,670 7 1,677 #131
1932 1,509 7 1,516 #139
1931 1,220 6 1,226 #153
1930 1,213 5 1,218 #167
1929 944 — 944 #198
1928 780 5 785 #224
1927 678 5 683 #251
1926 697 — 697 #248
1925 673 — 673 #255
1924 644 — 644 #258
1923 598 — 598 #262
1922 684 — 684 #252
1921 668 — 668 #256
1920 707 — 707 #246
1919 693 — 693 #242
1918 785 — 785 #226
1917 778 7 785 #218
1916 868 — 868 #203
1915 812 — 812 #203
1914 634 — 634 #205
1913 483 — 483 #215
1912 431 — 431 #215
1911 330 — 330 #214
1910 277 — 277 #231
1909 243 — 243 #230
1908 206 — 206 #236
1907 201 — 201 #233
1906 178 — 178 #242
1905 191 — 191 #225
1904 163 — 163 #243
1903 146 — 146 #251
1902 154 — 154 #248
1901 135 — 135 #248
1900 157 — 157 #259
1899 122 — 122 #258
1898 143 — 143 #249
1897 145 — 145 #229
1896 121 — 121 #260
1895 157 — 157 #219
1894 105 — 105 #270
1893 123 — 123 #236
1892 163 — 163 #196
1891 127 — 127 #209
1890 120 — 120 #222
1889 112 — 112 #219
1888 117 — 117 #212
1887 123 — 123 #180
1886 96 — 96 #202
1885 94 — 94 #195
1884 92 — 92 #194
1883 68 — 68 #215
1882 84 — 84 #172
1881 67 — 67 #187
1880 65 — 65 #190