Su
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #9,664
- Given to girls 95.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 700since 1935
Su over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Su has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1935
The first year at least five girls were named Su! It came in at #3,742, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1938, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Su is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Su in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Su
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 4,981 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #10,107)
- 2,494 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #10,107)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1957 at #2,416 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 92,948
- Highest: 1 in 92,948 girls born in 1957 were named Su (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 20.1% of all girls named Su (141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,586 |
| 1940s | 91 | #2,625 (1944) | #3,183 |
| 1950s | 141 | #2,416 (1957) | #3,282 |
| 1960s | 91 | #3,458 (1963) | #4,560 |
| 1970s | 69 | #5,413 (1970) | #6,824 |
| 1980s | 66 | #6,323 (1981) | #8,705 |
| 1990s | 62 | #7,880 (1990) | #10,017 |
| 2000s | 61 | #10,246 (2002) | #13,279 |
| 2010s | 80 | #7,613 (2015) | #10,474 |
| 2020s | 26 | #10,107 (2025) | #13,158 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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