# Suellen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/suellen/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,342 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,342 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Blend of Sue + Ellen. Abbreviation of Sue-Ellen/Sue Ellen.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 21 | 3,887 |
| 1983 | 14 | 5,111 |
| 1984 | 6 | 10,233 |
| 1985 | 7 | 9,171 |
| 1986 | 8 | 8,423 |
| 1987 | 5 | 13,014 |
| 1992 | 5 | 15,302 |
| 1993 | 5 | 15,494 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,657 |
| 1997 | 5 | 15,837 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,639 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,784 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,234 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,838 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,901 |

## 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.