Fun Facts About the Name Suki
- 544 babies named Suki: U.S. records list 544 babies given the name Suki from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Suki Mean?
Suki is chiefly understood as a Korean feminine name. It is built from the Sino-Korean element 淑 (suk), meaning "pure," "chaste," or "virtuous," together with the Korean name ending -i (이), which turns a single-syllable name into a two-syllable, affectionate-sounding one. Taken together, 숙이 means roughly "the pure one" or "virtuous one." The spelling Suki follows McCune-Reischauer romanization; South Korea's Revised Romanization would render the same name "Sugi."
In English, Suki is also used as a pet form of Susan, a name that reached English through Greek Sousanna and Hebrew Shoshannah, traditionally explained as "lily." Used this way, Suki carries the meaning of the longer name rather than one of its own; the spellings Sukie and Sukey are the same kind of familiar form as Susie.
Japanese is sometimes named as a source because suki (好き) is an ordinary Japanese word meaning "liking" or "fondness." That is the sense of the everyday word, not a documented etymology of a traditional Japanese given name, and lists that gloss Suki as "beloved" are offering an interpretation of that word rather than a genuine name meaning.
Suki Name History & Origins
Korean names formed with 숙 (淑, suk) have been common for women, appearing in longer forms such as 숙자 (Suk-ja) and 숙희 (Suk-hui) as well as in the short form 숙이, written Suki under McCune-Reischauer. The ending -i is a familiar feature of Korean given names, and in older records it was sometimes written with the character 伊, as in 淑伊. Because the spelling Suki comes from an older romanization, it does not match the modern official spelling Sugi.
In the English-speaking world, Suki belongs to a set of pet forms made by turning the "s" of Susan into a "k" sound, the same pattern seen in Sukie and Sukey. These familiar forms appear in older English writing as affectionate shortenings of Susan, and Suki later came to be written and used as a name in its own right.
Suki has also been used as a character name in English-language popular culture; a well-known example is Suki, one of the Kyoshi Warriors in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Such uses are separate from the Korean and English name histories described above.
How Popular is the Name Suki?
Suki has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #3,127 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,127 | 52 | 0.0032% |
| 2024 | #3,869 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2023 | #4,550 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2022 | #4,888 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2021 | #5,924 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #8,890 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #7,676 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #9,738 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #7,795 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #8,342 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #10,072 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #8,011 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #7,337 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #8,576 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #6,124 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #4,843 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #6,519 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #4,750 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #5,363 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #5,880 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #14,327 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #10,587 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #8,992 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #17,774 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #7,276 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #10,640 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #9,392 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #15,838 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #12,174 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #10,681 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #9,604 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #6,781 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Suki Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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