Sue
Sue is a given name and a common short form of a number of female given names: Susan, Susanna / Susannah / Suzanna, Susanne, Suzanne, Suzette.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sue
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sue is a given name and a common short form of a number of female given names: Susan, Susanna / Susannah / Suzanna, Susanne, Suzanne, Suzette.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sue
American parents first put Sue on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 65 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1947, when 5,306 Sues were born — ranking #69 that year. About 28% of every Sue on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Sue last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 145K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Sue
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sue. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Sue
Phonetically similar names — useful when Sue is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Sue
Sue is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 145K births in the dataset. Sue's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #69. Use the chart and map above to compare Sue's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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