Suan
- Last seen for girls in 1977 at #7,567
- Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
- Given to girls 63.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 106since 1947
Suan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
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| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
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| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
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| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
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| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
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| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
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| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
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| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
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| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five girls were named Suan! It came in at #5,295, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1950, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Suan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Suan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Suan
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1951 at #4,011 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 1 yr 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 164,039
- Highest: 1 in 164,039 girls born in 1968 were named Suan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 219,021 girls born in 1977 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,011 in 1951, was only 1 in 225,107 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 47.2% of all girls named Suan (50) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1985
- Mostly girls until 1984, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #4,651 (1948) | #4,973 |
| 1950s | 38 | #4,011 (1951) | #4,992 |
| 1960s | 50 | #4,489 (1968) | #5,395 |
| 1970s | 7 | #7,567 (1977) | #7,567 |
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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