Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Sue

Gender

Female

Origin

Hebrew
Lily
English

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Sue

Pronunciation

sue

Famous People

Author Sue Taylor Grafton, WBNA player Sue Bird

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Kitty Wells

More about the name

Sue is a given name and a common short form of a number of female given names: Susan, Susanna / Susannah / Suzanna, Susanne, Suzanne, Suzette.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1943 (rank #1636, 19 births); most recent 1996 (rank #5182, 11 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1947 (rank #69, 5,307 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8860, 11 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–11
2024–13
2023–9
2022–5
2021–5
2020––
2019–6
2018–16
2017–10
2016–12

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #3396, 6 births); most recent 2015 (rank #5726, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1982 (rank #770, 26 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20234
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
20155
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1980 (rank #258, 17 births); most recent 1982 (rank #523, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1986 (rank #485, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1960 (rank #390, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence