Sue

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Sue is a given name and a common short form of a number of female given names: Susan, Susanna It is rarely used as a man's name, a notable example being Sue K. Hicks, American jurist, who may have inspired the song "A Boy Named Sue".

From Wikipedia

Sue first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1947 with 5,306 babies (rank #69 that year). In 2024 it was given to 13 girls (rank #8,338). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sue

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sue yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

145,042

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

5,306

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Sue

Sue Gardnermanager · b. 1967
Sue Graftonnovelist · b. 1940
Sue Lyonfilm actor · b. 1946
Sue Birdbasketball player · b. 1980
Sue Townsendopinion journalist · b. 1946

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	65	#190
1881	67	#186
1882	84	#172
1883	68	#217
1884	92	#195
1885	94	#195
1886	96	#203
1887	123	#182
1888	117	#212
1889	112	#220
1890	120	#223
1891	127	#210
1892	163	#197
1893	123	#237
1894	105	#270
1895	157	#219
1896	121	#261
1897	145	#229
1898	143	#250
1899	122	#259
1900	157	#261
1901	135	#250
1902	154	#251
1903	146	#252
1904	163	#245
1905	191	#225
1906	178	#243
1907	201	#233
1908	206	#237
1909	243	#231
1910	277	#231
1911	330	#214
1912	431	#215
1913	483	#215
1914	634	#205
1915	812	#203
1916	868	#203
1917	778	#218
1918	785	#226
1919	693	#242
1920	707	#246
1921	668	#256
1922	684	#252
1923	598	#262
1924	644	#258
1925	673	#255
1926	697	#248
1927	678	#251
1928	780	#225
1929	944	#198
1930	1,213	#167
1931	1,220	#153
1932	1,509	#139
1933	1,670	#131
1934	1,933	#119
1935	2,024	#115
1936	2,222	#109
1937	2,504	#101
1938	2,589	#104
1939	2,623	#92
1940	3,106	#81
1941	3,358	#75
1942	3,630	#73
1943	3,850	#72
1944	4,034	#62
1945	3,915	#66
1946	5,144	#61
1947	5,306	#69
1948	4,674	#78
1949	3,926	#88
1950	3,503	#100
1951	3,357	#106
1952	3,335	#113
1953	3,648	#106
1954	3,975	#106
1955	3,728	#116
1956	3,756	#118
1957	4,490	#104
1958	4,673	#102
1959	4,387	#107
1960	4,009	#120
1961	3,506	#130
1962	3,184	#135
1963	2,591	#155
1964	2,173	#176
1965	1,775	#190
1966	1,316	#228
1967	1,258	#232
1968	979	#276
1969	811	#318
1970	665	#367
1971	632	#372
1972	452	#431
1973	396	#463
1974	355	#496
1975	293	#567
1976	241	#646
1977	280	#606
1978	235	#682
1979	272	#642
1980	346	#544
1981	270	#658
1982	211	#779
1983	171	#889
1984	147	#987
1985	140	#1,059
1986	108	#1,258
1987	101	#1,361
1988	97	#1,438
1989	86	#1,627
1990	74	#1,903
1991	79	#1,814
1992	68	#2,028
1993	64	#2,122
1994	48	#2,621
1995	47	#2,649
1996	38	#3,138
1997	43	#2,868
1998	32	#3,724
1999	29	#4,071
2000	36	#3,652
2001	32	#4,020
2002	25	#4,886
2003	23	#5,394
2004	14	#8,197
2005	21	#5,974
2006	22	#6,102
2007	23	#6,058
2008	17	#7,705
2009	25	#5,690
2010	17	#7,475
2011	19	#6,818
2012	13	#9,055
2013	26	#5,301
2014	15	#8,010
2015	13	#8,884
2016	12	#9,360
2017	10	#10,606
2018	16	#7,374
2019	6	#15,337
2021	5	#17,390
2022	5	#17,449
2023	9	#11,055
2024	13	#8,338