# Sue (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sue/  
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 | /suː/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Su |
| US babies named this | 145,055 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 519 / 144,536 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | 7,475 |
| 2011 | 19 | 6,818 |
| 2012 | 13 | 9,056 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,301 |
| 2014 | 15 | 8,010 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,886 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,362 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,610 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,380 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,344 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,399 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,459 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11,070 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,375 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,387 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 7 | 5,419 |
| 1982 | 11 | 3,926 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4,859 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,905 |
| 1985 | 11 | 4,018 |
| 1986 | 8 | 5,268 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,397 |
| 1988 | 18 | 3,061 |
| 1989 | 14 | 3,998 |
| 1990 | 11 | 4,949 |
| 1991 | 10 | 5,462 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7,298 |
| 1993 | 10 | 5,721 |
| 1994 | 9 | 6,290 |
| 1996 | 11 | 5,483 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 蘇 /苏
- Esperanto: Sunjo
- Japanese: スー
- Korean: 수
- Russian: Сью
- Welsh: Siw

## People named Sue

- Sue Gardner, Canadian journalist
- Sue Grafton, American writer from Kentucky (1940-2017)
- Sue Lyon, American actress (1946–2019)
- Sue Bird, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Sue Townsend, English writer and humorist
- Sue Hendrickson, American paleontologist and archeologist
- Sue Ane Langdon, American actress
- Sue Carol, American actress, talent agent (1906–1982)
- Linda Sue Park, American author (born 1960)
- Sue Myrick, American politician
- Sue Johnston, British actress
- Sue Perkins, British comedian

## 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.