Sue is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1947 and has since faded.
Sue is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9,387 for girl births in the United States (and #15,947 across all names), given to 11 babies. Sue was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (5,306 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | #9,387 | — |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #8,375 | — |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | #11,070 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | #17,459 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #17,399 | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | #15,344 | — |
| 2018 | 16 | 16 | #7,380 | — |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | #10,610 | — |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #9,362 | — |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | #8,886 | — |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #8,010 | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 26 | #5,301 | — |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | #9,056 | — |
| 2011 | 19 | 19 | #6,818 | — |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | #7,475 | — |
| 2009 | 25 | 25 | #5,690 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #7,705 | — |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | #6,058 | — |
| 2006 | 22 | 22 | #6,102 | — |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | #5,975 | — |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #8,197 | — |
| 2003 | 23 | 23 | #5,396 | — |
| 2002 | 25 | 25 | #4,888 | — |
| 2001 | 32 | 32 | #4,020 | — |
| 2000 | 36 | 36 | #3,652 | — |
| 1999 | 29 | 29 | #4,072 | — |
| 1998 | 32 | 32 | #3,724 | — |
| 1997 | 43 | — | #2,868 | — |
| 1996 | 49 | — | #3,138 | #5,483 |
| 1995 | 47 | — | #2,649 | — |
| 1994 | 57 | — | #2,621 | #6,290 |
| 1993 | 74 | — | #2,122 | #5,721 |
| 1992 | 75 | — | #2,028 | #7,298 |
| 1991 | 89 | — | #1,814 | #5,462 |
| 1990 | 85 | — | #1,904 | #4,949 |
| 1989 | 100 | — | #1,628 | #3,998 |
| 1988 | 115 | — | #1,438 | #3,061 |
| 1987 | 109 | — | #1,361 | #5,397 |
| 1986 | 116 | — | #1,258 | #5,268 |
| 1985 | 151 | — | #1,059 | #4,018 |
| 1984 | 155 | — | #987 | #4,905 |
| 1983 | 179 | — | #889 | #4,859 |
| 1982 | 222 | — | #779 | #3,926 |
| 1981 | 277 | — | #658 | #5,419 |
| 1980 | 347 | — | #543 | — |
| 1979 | 277 | — | #642 | #6,954 |
| 1978 | 235 | — | #682 | — |
| 1977 | 280 | — | #606 | — |
| 1976 | 241 | — | #646 | — |
| 1975 | 293 | — | #567 | — |
| 1974 | 360 | — | #496 | #5,907 |
| 1973 | 396 | — | #463 | — |
| 1972 | 453 | — | #430 | — |
| 1971 | 637 | — | #372 | #5,567 |
| 1970 | 666 | — | #367 | — |
| 1969 | 810 | — | #318 | — |
| 1968 | 979 | — | #276 | — |
| 1967 | 1,258 | — | #232 | — |
| 1966 | 1,324 | — | #228 | #3,217 |
| 1965 | 1,775 | — | #190 | — |
| 1964 | 2,183 | — | #176 | #2,825 |
| 1963 | 2,597 | — | #155 | #3,999 |
| 1962 | 3,184 | — | #135 | — |
| 1961 | 3,515 | — | #130 | #3,072 |
| 1960 | 4,015 | — | #120 | #4,001 |
| 1959 | 4,398 | — | #107 | #2,643 |
| 1958 | 4,688 | — | #102 | #2,165 |
| 1957 | 4,500 | — | #104 | #2,809 |
| 1956 | 3,755 | — | #118 | — |
| 1955 | 3,737 | — | #116 | #3,175 |
| 1954 | 3,975 | — | #106 | — |
| 1953 | 3,656 | — | #106 | #3,119 |
| 1952 | 3,335 | — | #113 | — |
| 1951 | 3,371 | — | #106 | #2,128 |
| 1950 | 3,512 | — | #100 | #2,753 |
| 1949 | 3,937 | — | #88 | #2,440 |
| 1948 | 4,685 | — | #78 | #2,598 |
| 1947 | 5,318 | — | #69 | #2,346 |
| 1946 | 5,161 | — | #61 | #1,805 |
| 1945 | 3,930 | — | #66 | #1,761 |
| 1944 | 4,049 | — | #62 | #1,879 |
| 1943 | 3,869 | — | #72 | #1,690 |
| 1942 | 3,646 | — | #73 | #1,936 |
| 1941 | 3,375 | — | #75 | #1,813 |
| 1940 | 3,112 | — | #81 | #2,840 |
| 1939 | 2,623 | — | #92 | — |
| 1938 | 2,599 | — | #104 | #2,470 |
| 1937 | 2,516 | — | #101 | #2,183 |
| 1936 | 2,231 | — | #109 | #2,602 |
| 1935 | 2,037 | — | #115 | #2,117 |
| 1934 | 1,947 | — | #119 | #2,012 |
| 1933 | 1,677 | — | #131 | #3,249 |
| 1932 | 1,516 | — | #139 | #3,336 |
| 1931 | 1,226 | — | #153 | #3,711 |
| 1930 | 1,218 | — | #167 | #4,484 |
| 1929 | 944 | — | #198 | — |
| 1928 | 785 | — | #225 | #4,660 |
| 1927 | 683 | — | #251 | #4,725 |
| 1926 | 697 | — | #248 | — |
| 1925 | 673 | — | #255 | — |
| 1924 | 644 | — | #258 | — |
| 1923 | 598 | — | #262 | — |
| 1922 | 684 | — | #252 | — |
| 1921 | 668 | — | #256 | — |
| 1920 | 707 | — | #246 | — |
| 1919 | 693 | — | #242 | — |
| 1918 | 785 | — | #226 | — |
| 1917 | 785 | — | #218 | #3,508 |
| 1916 | 868 | — | #203 | — |
| 1915 | 812 | — | #203 | — |
| 1914 | 634 | — | #205 | — |
| 1913 | 483 | — | #215 | — |
| 1912 | 431 | — | #215 | — |
| 1911 | 330 | — | #214 | — |
| 1910 | 277 | — | #231 | — |
| 1909 | 243 | — | #231 | — |
| 1908 | 206 | — | #237 | — |
| 1907 | 201 | — | #233 | — |
| 1906 | 178 | — | #243 | — |
| 1905 | 191 | — | #225 | — |
| 1904 | 163 | — | #245 | — |
| 1903 | 146 | — | #252 | — |
| 1902 | 154 | — | #251 | — |
| 1901 | 135 | — | #250 | — |
| 1900 | 157 | — | #261 | — |
| 1899 | 122 | — | #259 | — |
| 1898 | 143 | — | #250 | — |
| 1897 | 145 | — | #229 | — |
| 1896 | 121 | — | #261 | — |
| 1895 | 157 | — | #219 | — |
| 1894 | 105 | — | #270 | — |
| 1893 | 123 | — | #237 | — |
| 1892 | 163 | — | #197 | — |
| 1891 | 127 | — | #210 | — |
| 1890 | 120 | — | #223 | — |
| 1889 | 112 | — | #220 | — |
| 1888 | 117 | — | #212 | — |
| 1887 | 123 | — | #182 | — |
| 1886 | 96 | — | #203 | — |
| 1885 | 94 | — | #195 | — |
| 1884 | 92 | — | #195 | — |
| 1883 | 68 | — | #217 | — |
| 1882 | 84 | — | #172 | — |
| 1881 | 67 | — | #186 | — |
| 1880 | 65 | — | #190 | — |