Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Sue

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sue
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.8% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

5,306

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

99.8%

2024

All-time

144,523

Sue once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 5,306 girls were named Sue.

In 2024, only 13 girls were given the name.

Down 99.8% from its peak.

All told, about 144,523 Americans have been named Sue and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.8% from peak

19475,306 girls named Sue

202413 girls named Sue

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