Sue

Sue was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies).

Sue as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Sue as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020US
Sue as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#8,860 (11)—————
2024#7,967 (13)—————
2023#10,312 (9)—————
2022#15,306 (5)—————
2021#15,251 (5)—————
2019#13,799 (6)—————
2018#7,100 (16)—————
2017#9,943 (10)—————
2016#8,875 (12)—————
2015#8,447 (13)#5,730 (3)————
2014#7,636 (15)—————
2013#5,143 (26)———#3,286 (5)—
2012#8,632 (13)—————
2011#6,564 (19)#5,785 (3)————
2010#7,217 (17)#4,012 (5)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1946 at #61.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 1996, 78% of US babies named Sue were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Sue is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 90,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 56,000 to 1 in 140,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SueCanadaGirls—too few
SueEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SueIrelandGirls—too few
SueNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SueNSWGirls—too few
SueScotlandGirls—too few
SueUSGirls#8,86011
SueUSBoys—too few