# Su (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/su/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /su/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sue |
| US babies named this | 733 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 33 / 700 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 91, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 16,871 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,361 |
| 2009 | 7 | 15,050 |
| 2010 | 9 | 12,136 |
| 2011 | 11 | 10,309 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,912 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,389 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,959 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,760 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,859 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,637 |
| 2020 | 5 | 17,225 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,422 |
| 2023 | 5 | 17,322 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,816 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 7,239 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,197 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,837 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,450 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,965 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,588 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

## People named Su

- Lu Su, Chinese politician, general and diplomat (172–217)
- Su Friedrich, American filmmaker (born 1954)
- Yang Su, Chinese general
- Su Su Nway, Burmese democracy activist
- Su Wen, Chinese triple jumper

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.