How Many People Are Named Suellen?
people named Suellen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 140,710 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,342 babies named Suellen in Social Security records from 1936 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
159 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Contraction of SUSAN and ELLEN (1). Margaret Mitchell used this name in her novel 'Gone with the Wind' (1936), where it belongs to Scarlett's sister.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Suellen in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Suellen alive today is about 68 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Suellen first appears in the records in 1936 and was given most often in 1941, to 159 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1936 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Suellen has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #556, in 1941.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #556 (1941) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #687 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Suellen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Suellen were born in New York than in any other state: about 197 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Suellen was given 3.4 times as often in Indiana, 3 times in Ohio and 2.2 times in Illinois.
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