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Su

Girl · SOO

Su is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).

What does Su mean?

Uncertain; Turkish su means 'water', and Su is also a Chinese and Korean syllable

Su is the Turkish word for 'water' and a common Turkish girl's name; it is also a Chinese and Korean syllable.

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SOO

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Is Su a girl's or a boy's name?

Su is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Su in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Su in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 9 in 20072023
Su in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20234#4,915
20221#7,487
20214#4,864
20204#4,744
20190–
20184#4,914
20173#5,998
20166#3,788
20156#3,777
20145#4,187
20136#3,719
20124#5,058
20118#3,041
20104#4,931
20093#5,801
20086#3,589
20079#2,543
20060–
20057#2,806
20040–
20030–
20025#3,047
20010–
20000–
19990–
19984#3,310

How popular is Su in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,104among girls
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 180,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Su, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1957, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1935.

2025 had more girls named Su than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Su in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.

1935Busiest: 22 in 19572025
Su in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#10,104
20240–
20235#15,188
20227#12,237
20210–
20205#15,083
20197#12,442
20180–
201711#9,337
201610#10,109
201515#7,610
20147#13,063
201310#10,230
20120–
201111#9,719
20109#11,240
20097#13,698
20080–
20076#15,485
20066#15,147
20057#13,003
20046#14,172
20037#12,401
20029#10,240
20016#13,514
20007#11,794
19990–
19986#12,420
19970–
19967#10,562
199510#8,074
19948#9,580
19936#11,773
19927#10,471
19918#9,328
199010#7,874
19895#12,356
19886#10,381
19879#7,348
19865#10,907
19859#6,952
19848#7,396
19830–
19826#9,235
198110#6,321
19808#7,417
197911#5,750
19780–
19777#7,565
19769#6,046
197510#5,514
19745#8,773
19736#7,433
19725#8,290
19717#6,617
19709#5,412
196911#4,417
19680–
196714#3,483
19665#6,563
19655#6,538
19649#4,635
196314#3,457
196211#4,010
196111#4,008
196011#3,919
195911#3,826
195821#2,505
195722#2,415
195618#2,724
195517#2,724
195413#3,156
19536#5,039
19527#4,482
195111#3,283
195015#2,651
194912#2,998
194810#3,349
194714#2,768
194610#3,216
194511#2,741
194412#2,624
19436#4,195
19429#3,192
19417#3,557
19400–
19397#3,427
19380–
19370–
19360–
19356#3,740

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