A Boy Named Sue

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A Boy Named Sue

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A Boy Named Sue - original song written, composed, and performed by Shel Silverstein; popularized by Johnny Cash. Article “A Boy Named Sue” in English Wikipedia has 48.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 34 references and 10 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “A Boy Named Sue”, its content was written by 238 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 376 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 577 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1028 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #23326 in September 2007
  • Global: #46981 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #51171 in July 2015
  • Global: #90151 in July 2015

There are 13 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
A Boy Named Sue
48.5097
2Persian (fa)
پسری به نام سو
37.7135
3German (de)
A Boy Named Sue
37.1057
4Russian (ru)
A Boy Named Sue
19.7665
5Hebrew (he)
A Boy Named Sue
17.5151
6Korean (ko)
A Boy Named Sue
17.2061
7Swedish (sv)
A Boy Named Sue
16.4456
8Simple English (simple)
A Boy Named Sue
14.0606
9Italian (it)
A Boy Named Sue
14.0217
10Dutch (nl)
A Boy Named Sue
12.1632
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "A Boy Named Sue" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
A Boy Named Sue
1 944 048
2German (de)
A Boy Named Sue
88 821
3Dutch (nl)
A Boy Named Sue
16 508
4French (fr)
A Boy Named Sue
16 389
5Polish (pl)
A Boy Named Sue
12 538
6Italian (it)
A Boy Named Sue
9 641
7Russian (ru)
A Boy Named Sue
8 696
8Swedish (sv)
A Boy Named Sue
7 461
9Simple English (simple)
A Boy Named Sue
6 452
10Croatian (hr)
A Boy Named Sue
3 810
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "A Boy Named Sue" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
A Boy Named Sue
7 291
2Simple English (simple)
A Boy Named Sue
381
3German (de)
A Boy Named Sue
277
4Dutch (nl)
A Boy Named Sue
44
5French (fr)
A Boy Named Sue
43
6Russian (ru)
A Boy Named Sue
42
7Italian (it)
A Boy Named Sue
34
8Hebrew (he)
A Boy Named Sue
33
9Polish (pl)
A Boy Named Sue
27
10Swedish (sv)
A Boy Named Sue
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "A Boy Named Sue" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
A Boy Named Sue
238
2German (de)
A Boy Named Sue
42
3French (fr)
A Boy Named Sue
18
4Polish (pl)
A Boy Named Sue
14
5Italian (it)
A Boy Named Sue
12
6Dutch (nl)
A Boy Named Sue
12
7Hebrew (he)
A Boy Named Sue
10
8Persian (fa)
پسری به نام سو
7
9Korean (ko)
A Boy Named Sue
6
10Croatian (hr)
A Boy Named Sue
5
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "A Boy Named Sue" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
A Boy Named Sue
0
2English (en)
A Boy Named Sue
0
3Persian (fa)
پسری به نام سو
0
4French (fr)
A Boy Named Sue
0
5Hebrew (he)
A Boy Named Sue
0
6Croatian (hr)
A Boy Named Sue
0
7Italian (it)
A Boy Named Sue
0
8Korean (ko)
A Boy Named Sue
0
9Dutch (nl)
A Boy Named Sue
0
10Polish (pl)
A Boy Named Sue
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "A Boy Named Sue" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
A Boy Named Sue
577
2Italian (it)
A Boy Named Sue
154
3German (de)
A Boy Named Sue
74
4Russian (ru)
A Boy Named Sue
67
5French (fr)
A Boy Named Sue
62
6Swedish (sv)
A Boy Named Sue
28
7Persian (fa)
پسری به نام سو
18
8Simple English (simple)
A Boy Named Sue
12
9Croatian (hr)
A Boy Named Sue
11
10Dutch (nl)
A Boy Named Sue
9
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
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enEnglish
A Boy Named Sue
faPersian
پسری به نام سو
frFrench
A Boy Named Sue
heHebrew
A Boy Named Sue
hrCroatian
A Boy Named Sue
itItalian
A Boy Named Sue
koKorean
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nlDutch
A Boy Named Sue
plPolish
A Boy Named Sue
ruRussian
A Boy Named Sue
simpleSimple English
A Boy Named Sue
svSwedish
A Boy Named Sue

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#51171
07.2015
Global:
#90151
07.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#23326
09.2007
Global:
#46981
09.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on A Boy Named Sue from Wikipedia articles about Shel Silverstein, Johnny Cash, At San Quentin, Johnny Cash singles discography and Rhyme scheme. Whereas reading the article about A Boy Named Sue people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Shel Silverstein, At San Quentin, Johnny Cash, Sue K. Hicks and Evil eye.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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