Sue

Boy · recorded 1917–1996

  • 1996last recorded
  • 1934best year

Most popular in 1934.

Last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Sue.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1917

071419171937195719761996

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 52 recorded years as a table
Sue, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19178
19274
19285
19305
19316
19327
19337
193414
193512
19369
193711
19389
19407
194113
194211
194313
194411
194512
194610
19477
19486
19496
19505
19517
19534
19554
19575
19587
19595
19603
19614
19633
19645
19664
19713
19743
19793
19814
19826
19834
19844
19856
19864
19874
19889
19897
19905
19915
19924
19935
19945
19966

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sue isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1996
11
Rank in 1996
#5,187
How rare
1 in 172,209 boys
Since 1917
519

Sue was last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1934, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Sue doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.