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How popular is “Sue” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sue” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sue” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sue” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sue” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sue” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sue” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sue” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 65 0.000322606 65 100%
1881 67 0.000347712 67 100%
1882 84 0.000379176 84 100%
1883 68 0.000313442 68 100%
1884 92 0.000377884 92 100%
1885 94 0.000390278 94 100%
1886 96 0.000376005 96 100%
1887 123 0.000497187 123 100%
1888 117 0.000390685 117 100%
1889 112 0.000387616 112 100%
1890 120 0.000398141 120 100%
1891 127 0.000443013 127 100%
1892 163 0.000487478 163 100%
1893 123 0.000378202 123 100%
1894 105 0.000310018 105 100%
1895 157 0.000447268 157 100%
1896 121 0.000338477 121 100%
1897 145 0.000417919 145 100%
1898 143 0.00037488 143 100%
1899 122 0.000359634 122 100%
1900 157 0.000348689 157 100%
1901 135 0.000390386 135 100%
1902 154 0.000398208 154 100%
1903 146 0.000383001 146 100%
1904 163 0.00040398 163 100%
1905 191 0.000450555 191 100%
1906 178 0.00041545 178 100%
1907 201 0.000431896 201 100%
1908 206 0.00042157 206 100%
1909 243 0.00047533 243 100%
1910 277 0.000468926 277 100%
1911 330 0.000512201 330 100%
1912 431 0.000436207 431 100%
1913 483 0.000424761 483 100%
1914 634 0.000447631 634 100%
1915 812 0.000443128 812 100%
1916 868 0.000448714 868 100%
1917 785 0.00039118 778 7 98%
1918 785 0.000361566 785 100%
1919 693 0.000328398 693 100%
1920 707 0.000312466 707 100%
1921 668 0.000286142 668 100%
1922 684 0.0002988 684 100%
1923 598 0.00025972 598 100%
1924 644 0.000270405 644 100%
1925 673 0.000288432 673 100%
1926 697 0.000303584 697 100%
1927 683 0.000294478 678 5 99%
1928 785 0.000347201 780 5 99%
1929 944 0.000430625 944 100%
1930 1218 0.000547837 1213 5 99%
1931 1226 0.000582592 1220 6 99%
1932 1516 0.000718044 1509 7 99%
1933 1677 0.000838732 1670 7 99%
1934 1947 0.000937493 1933 14 99%
1935 2037 0.000974688 2024 13 99%
1936 2231 0.001073847 2222 9 99%
1937 2516 0.001180849 2504 12 99%
1938 2599 0.00117465 2589 10 99%
1939 2623 0.00119041 2623 100%
1940 3114 0.001352334 3106 8 99%
1941 3374 0.001384816 3358 16 99%
1942 3645 0.001334276 3630 15 99%
1943 3869 0.001370742 3850 19 99%
1944 4049 0.00150516 4034 15 99%
1945 3931 0.001481769 3915 16 99%
1946 5161 0.001615181 5144 17 99%
1947 5318 0.00147627 5306 12 100%
1948 4684 0.001356691 4674 10 100%
1949 3937 0.001129771 3926 11 99%
1950 3512 0.001002467 3503 9 99%
1951 3371 0.000915103 3357 14 99%
1952 3335 0.000878093 3335 100%
1953 3656 0.000948712 3648 8 100%
1954 3975 0.000998566 3975 100%
1955 3736 0.000930492 3728 8 100%
1956 3756 0.000910979 3756 100%
1957 4500 0.001070882 4490 10 100%
1958 4688 0.001134037 4673 15 99%
1959 4398 0.001057722 4387 11 99%
1960 4015 0.000966581 4009 6 100%
1961 3515 0.000848562 3506 9 99%
1962 3184 0.000789023 3184 100%
1963 2597 0.000656106 2591 6 100%
1964 2183 0.000561528 2173 10 99%
1965 1775 0.000489595 1775 100%
1966 1324 0.000380935 1316 8 99%
1967 1258 0.000370556 1258 100%
1968 979 0.000289781 979 100%
1969 811 0.00023336 811 100%
1970 665 0.000184389 665 100%
1971 637 0.000185587 632 5 98%
1972 452 0.000143812 452 100%
1973 396 0.000131261 396 100%
1974 360 0.000118421 355 5 97%
1975 293 0.000097039 293 100%
1976 241 0.000079425 241 100%
1977 280 0.000088147 280 100%
1978 235 0.000074042 235 100%
1979 277 0.000083258 272 5 96%
1980 346 0.00010045 346 100%
1981 277 0.000080072 270 7 95%
1982 222 0.000063285 211 11 90%
1983 179 0.000051684 171 8 91%
1984 155 0.000044428 147 8 90%
1985 151 0.000042307 140 11 85%
1986 116 0.000032611 108 8 86%
1987 109 0.000030231 101 8 85%
1988 115 0.000031123 97 18 69%
1989 100 0.000026012 86 14 72%
1990 85 0.000021505 74 11 74%
1991 89 0.000022848 79 10 78%
1992 75 0.000019525 68 7 81%
1993 74 0.000019627 64 10 73%
1994 57 0.000015332 48 9 68%
1995 47 0.000012834 47 100%
1996 49 0.000013435 38 11 55%
1997 43 0.00001186 43 100%
1998 32 0.0000087 32 100%
1999 29 0.000007851 29 100%
2000 36 0.000009524 36 100%
2001 32 0.000008548 32 100%
2002 25 0.000006688 25 100%
2003 23 0.000006049 23 100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 100%
2005 21 0.000005462 21 100%
2006 22 0.000005561 22 100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 100%
2009 25 0.000006544 25 100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 100%
2011 19 0.000005194 19 100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 100%
2013 26 0.000007132 26 100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 100%
2018 16 0.000004551 16 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 100%

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