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How popular is the name Su?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sus are alive today.
Su (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2023 (ranked 4710th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2410th most popular that year. Su is one spelling of a name also recorded as Sue; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Su you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Sus born in England and Wales are between 11 and 24, and there are at least 150 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Su - on average, only one in every 2,100 such rooms contains a Su.
How many babies are named Su each year?
Includes all spellings: Su, Sue. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Su spelling rank?
Where does the Sue spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Su most popular?
Su peaked in 2008, when 12 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Su?
At least 150 people named Su in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Su?
Most living Sus are between 11 and 24; the most common age is about 15.
Is Su becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.