Sue
Pronounced S UW1 (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1947
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Sue?
Sue is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 146,006 children — the 289th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 149 births across the past decade, against a peak of 5,320 in a single year. That peak was in 1947.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Su and Soo — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Sue and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Su
- Soo
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- S UW1
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Sue
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Sue
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Sue?
- Sue ranks 289th among girls' names in US records, with 146,006 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 149.
- Is Sue a unisex name?
- No. Sue is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Sue most popular?
- 1947, when 5,320 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Sue spelled?
- Su, Soo. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.