Susan
#1,085 for girls in 2025, 222 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 45,954 births
- Debut · girls
- 286 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 55 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,123,481since 1880
Susan over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,085 | 222 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,120 | 216 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,098 | 223 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,145 | 212 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,095 | 226 | — | |
| 2020 | #972 | 262 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,045 | 245 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,080 | 235 | — | |
| 2017 | #959 | 276 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #909 | 306 | — | |
| 2015 | #911 | 301 | — | |
| 2014 | #844 | 327 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #833 | 319 | — | |
| 2012 | #814 | 329 | — | |
| 2011 | #765 | 357 | — | |
| 2010 | #769 | 356 | — | |
| 2009 | #747 | 380 | — | |
| 2008 | #699 | 432 | — | |
| 2007 | #635 | 468 | — | |
| 2006 | #586 | 497 | — | |
| 2005 | #585 | 487 | — | |
| 2004 | #530 | 536 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #498 | 576 | — | |
| 2002 | #464 | 615 | — | |
| 2001 | #434 | 639 | — | |
| 2000 | #409 | 693 | — | |
| 1999 | #395 | 707 | — | |
| 1998 | #374 | 758 | — | |
| 1997 | #347 | 807 | — | |
| 1996 | #298 | 963 | — | |
| 1995 | #312 | 894 | — | |
| 1994 | #274 | 1,025 | — | |
| 1993 | #232 | 1,200 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #206 | 1,373 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #203 | 1,479 | — | |
| 1990 | #172 | 1,687 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #160 | 1,800 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #140 | 2,060 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #125 | 2,247 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #118 | 2,389 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #106 | 2,661 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #90 | 3,116 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #86 | 3,358 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #76 | 3,970 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #71 | 4,244 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #62 | 4,704 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #51 | 5,196 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #49 | 5,418 | #2,205 | 21 |
| 1977 | #45 | 5,961 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #40 | 6,402 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #32 | 7,488 | #1,593 | 32 |
| 1974 | #27 | 8,470 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #25 | 9,279 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #24 | 10,574 | #1,249 | 44 |
| 1971 | #17 | 13,782 | #1,235 | 45 |
| 1970 | #15 | 15,738 | #1,142 | 52 |
| 1969 | #11 | 17,806 | #1,097 | 50 |
| 1968 | #10 | 19,503 | #968 | 57 |
| 1967 | #5 | 22,262 | #900 | 64 |
| 1966 | #6 | 23,776 | #883 | 67 |
| 1965 | #5 | 26,321 | #1,012 | 53 |
| 1964 | #3 | 31,515 | #823 | 84 |
| 1963 | #3 | 33,991 | #847 | 80 |
| 1962 | #3 | 35,752 | #817 | 86 |
| 1961 | #3 | 37,532 | #817 | 87 |
| 1960 | #2 | 39,208 | #837 | 81 |
| 1959 | #2 | 41,617 | #817 | 87 |
| 1958 | #2 | 45,175 | #804 | 87 |
| 1957 | #2 | 45,954 | #762 | 97 |
| 1956 | #5 | 46,558 | #910 | 67 |
| 1955 | #5 | 47,418 | #921 | 65 |
| 1954 | #5 | 47,162 | #908 | 66 |
| 1953 | #5 | 44,297 | #858 | 70 |
| 1952 | #5 | 41,348 | #965 | 55 |
| 1951 | #6 | 40,228 | #1,083 | 44 |
| 1950 | #5 | 38,017 | #904 | 57 |
| 1949 | #5 | 37,709 | #958 | 52 |
| 1948 | #5 | 35,988 | #923 | 56 |
| 1947 | #8 | 31,952 | #870 | 64 |
| 1946 | #8 | 28,267 | #856 | 59 |
| 1945 | #10 | 19,222 | #845 | 55 |
| 1944 | #13 | 16,330 | #853 | 55 |
| 1943 | #18 | 14,888 | #943 | 50 |
| 1942 | #21 | 12,015 | #900 | 54 |
| 1941 | #27 | 8,889 | #1,040 | 39 |
| 1940 | #36 | 6,756 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #44 | 4,887 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #71 | 3,555 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #97 | 2,641 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #110 | 2,153 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #126 | 1,801 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #138 | 1,492 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #149 | 1,264 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #158 | 1,227 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #180 | 1,005 | — | |
| 1930 | #192 | 1,003 | — | |
| 1929 | #210 | 874 | — | |
| 1928 | #220 | 812 | — | |
| 1927 | #218 | 868 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #215 | 858 | — | |
| 1925 | #219 | 862 | — | |
| 1924 | #227 | 832 | — | |
| 1923 | #227 | 811 | — | |
| 1922 | #229 | 795 | — | |
| 1921 | #221 | 846 | — | |
| 1920 | #225 | 850 | — | |
| 1919 | #217 | 824 | — | |
| 1918 | #208 | 912 | — | |
| 1917 | #210 | 837 | — | |
| 1916 | #206 | 844 | — | |
| 1915 | #202 | 817 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #200 | 661 | — | |
| 1913 | #196 | 543 | — | |
| 1912 | #185 | 522 | — | |
| 1911 | #167 | 459 | — | |
| 1910 | #172 | 395 | — | |
| 1909 | #164 | 380 | — | |
| 1908 | #170 | 350 | — | |
| 1907 | #166 | 355 | — | |
| 1906 | #166 | 326 | — | |
| 1905 | #165 | 320 | — | |
| 1904 | #166 | 324 | — | |
| 1903 | #162 | 305 | — | |
| 1902 | #154 | 335 | — | |
| 1901 | #144 | 342 | — | |
| 1900 | #144 | 410 | — | |
| 1899 | #134 | 350 | — | |
| 1898 | #135 | 382 | — | |
| 1897 | #140 | 341 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #138 | 343 | — | |
| 1895 | #120 | 393 | — | |
| 1894 | #124 | 357 | — | |
| 1893 | #122 | 356 | — | |
| 1892 | #123 | 366 | — | |
| 1891 | #106 | 370 | — | |
| 1890 | #113 | 354 | — | |
| 1889 | #107 | 356 | — | |
| 1888 | #106 | 363 | — | |
| 1887 | #98 | 335 | — | |
| 1886 | #102 | 323 | — | |
| 1885 | #99 | 302 | — | |
| 1884 | #94 | 326 | — | |
| 1883 | #85 | 322 | — | |
| 1882 | #79 | 326 | — | |
| 1881 | #79 | 292 | — | |
| 1880 | #80 | 286 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Susan was already there! It came in at #80, and was given to 286 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2015–2025, when fewer than 310 girls a year got the name.
See more about Susan
- 35 spots since 2024 (#1,120 → #1,085)
- 113 spots since 2020 (#972 → #1,085)
- 174 spots since 2015 (#911 → #1,085)
- Biggest jump: 73 spots in 2020 (#1,045 → #972)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 2021 (#972 → #1,095)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1957 at #2 (45,954 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: 24 yrs · run 1945–1968
- Top 100: 55 yrs · run 1937–1984
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1880–2017
- Highest: 1 in 41 girls born in 1954 were named Susan (2.4%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,240 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #2 in 1957, was only 1 in 44 (2.2%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.0% of all girls named Susan (437,774) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,231 | #79 (1882) | #93 |
| 1890s | 3,612 | #106 (1891) | #126 |
| 1900s | 3,447 | #144 (1900) | #160 |
| 1910s | 6,814 | #167 (1911) | #196 |
| 1920s | 8,408 | #210 (1929) | #221 |
| 1930s | 21,028 | #44 (1939) | #127 |
| 1940s | 212,016 | #5 (1949) | #15 |
| 1950s | 437,774 | #2 (1957) | #4 |
| 1960s | 287,666 | #2 (1960) | #5 |
| 1970s | 88,308 | #15 (1970) | #33 |
| 1980s | 30,549 | #62 (1980) | #103 |
| 1990s | 10,893 | #172 (1990) | #281 |
| 2000s | 5,323 | #409 (2000) | #559 |
| 2010s | 3,051 | #765 (2011) | #893 |
| 2020s | 1,361 | #972 (2020) | #1,086 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Susan in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 169 of them was named Susan, which outranked 99.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 42,932 of them was named Susan, which outranked 67.3% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,275Rance28
- #1,275Randel28
- #1,275Rosalio28
- #1,288Susan27
- #1,288Butch27
- #1,288Calvert27
- #1,288Clemens27
- #1,311Alfonza26
- #1,311Arne26
- #1,311Benjiman26
Tied with 22 names at #1,288; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.