Suede
#1,561 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Suede has been given to 513 babies in the U.S. since 1992. In 2025 it ranked #1,561 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 110 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.
Babies named Suede, 2025
1 in 30,100
Suede over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Suede over time
In 2025, Suede went to 25% girls and 75% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Suede?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 30,100
- 110 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 15,500
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,561
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 20,891 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Suede sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 20,891 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Suede. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Suedes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Suede was born before 2023 — so the typical Suede is around 2 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 75.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 82.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 393
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 75.3% of all recorded uses (296).
Is Suede rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +373
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +5,870
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +10,331
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 18.33×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (110)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 47.6% average annual change
Spellings of Suede
Suede is not the most common spelling — Steve is, with 77.6% against Suede's 0.13%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Suede is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Suede was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 61,743 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 20,000
- 2Oklahoma1 in 33,333
- 3Texas1 in 33,333
- 4Georgia1 in 50,000
- 5Tennessee1 in 50,000
- 6California1 in 100,000
- 7Florida1 in 100,000
- 8North Carolina1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Suede is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Suede was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,535,115 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Suede has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Suede around the world
Where Suede ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2025–2025#4,867in 2025
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.
Suede by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Suede
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Suede
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.