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Sue
Recorded 145,055 times in US records since 1880. Peak year: 1947.
#15103
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 301,395
U.S. · 2025 records
Extraordinary
rarity tier
≈88,000
alive today (estimate)
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Sues are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 88,000 Sues are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 3,900 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Sue through the years, 1880–2025

1947 · 5,318 5,318 0
18802025
Peak Sue year: 1947 (ringed), with 5,318 recorded. Current usage: ~100% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.