Susan

Where Susan comes from

English form of the biblical Susanna, from Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā, “lily”), ultimately from Egyptian z:S:n-M9 (zšn).
— Wiktionary's entry for Susan
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #80 among girls — 286 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1933
    Susan Sontag born
    American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
  3. 1946
    Susan Sarandon born
    American actress and activist
  4. 1957
    Peak, #2
    45,954 babies named Susan — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Susan Sarandon · American actress and activist, born 1946
  • Susan Sontag · American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist, 1933–2004
  • Susan B. Anthony · American women's rights activist, 1820–1906
  • Susan Boyle · British singer, born 1961
  • Susan Hayward · American actress, 1917–1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.