Sue

Where Sue comes from

Clipping.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sue
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #186 among girls — 65 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1940
    Sue Grafton born
    American writer from Kentucky
  3. 1946
    Peak, #61
    5,144 babies named Sue — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #176.
  5. 1967
    Sue Gardner born
    Canadian journalist
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.
Namesakes
  • Sue Gardner · Canadian journalist, born 1967
  • Sue Grafton · American writer from Kentucky, 1940–2017
  • Sue Lyon · American actress, 1946–2019
  • Sue Bird · American basketball player, born 1980
  • Sue Townsend · English writer and humorist, 1946–2014

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.