Sudie
Feminine · “lily”
Sudie is Susan through a nursery. The lily behind the name is three thousand years old; the -ie ending is nineteenth-century American, and the two met in the registers of the 1880s.
How old is the name Sudie?
Sudie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Sudie alive today was born around 1918, making them about 107 years old. About 600 people named Sudie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sudie most popular?
Sudie peaked in 1882, reaching #250 nationally. See the whole 1882 chart.
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Where it comes from
From shoshannah to Sudie
The story of Sudie
Susanna appears in the Greek text of Daniel in a story about a woman falsely accused and vindicated by cross-examination, a favorite subject for painters. English used Susan heavily from the eighteenth century, and American households produced a whole family of pet forms: Sue, Susie, Sudie, Suky. Sudie was registered as a legal name in its own right and peaked around 1885.
Meaningscholars disagree
lily
Through Susan and Susanna, from the Hebrew shoshannah. It is usually translated 'lily', but the word may originally have meant the lotus, and it is connected to a Semitic root for 'six', probably from the number of petals. Which flower was meant is not fully settled; that a flower was meant is.
How the name formed
- shoshannah
- Susanna
- Susan
- Sudie
Related forms: Shoshana · Suzanne · Susie
Pronouncing Sudie
SOO-dee
Two syllables, stress on the first. No variation between English accents.
Nicknames for Sudie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 191699 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #250reached in 1882
- Change vs 1972
- −25.0%6 in 1984, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sudie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Shoshana in Hebrew — related form
- Suzanne in French — related form
- Susie in English — related form
Sudies among us
people named Sudie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Sudie has already lived its whole cycle: it rose, had its era, and has stepped off the charts. The fashion question is behind it — what lies ahead is the waiting room where revivals begin, once a name's first generation has grown distant enough for it to sound fresh again.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Susan and Susanna are both available as formal forms with very deep records.
- The botanical meaning is unusually vivid for a name this old.
- Soft throughout and easy for a very young child to say.
- It is strongly period-coded to the late nineteenth century.
- As a diminutive it stays informal unless Susan is on the certificate.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sudies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Sudie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sudie in 2025?
- Sudie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Sudie with classmates?
- Sudie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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