Susannah

#2,514 for girls in 2025, 70 births

Peak · girls
#740
1882 · 7 births
Debut · girls
1882
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,784
since 1882

Susannah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Susannah has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #740, 1882girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,51470
2024#2,72263
2023#3,47645
2022#3,07353
2021#2,78461
2020#2,25779
2019#2,63266
2018#2,74462
2017#2,28381
2016#2,08494
2015#2,29481
2014#2,08193
2013#2,00297
2012#1,886106
2011#2,36978
2010#2,51473
2009#2,46577
2008#2,23488
2007#2,13494
2006#2,06995
2005#2,05791
2004#1,89599
2003#1,88597
2002#1,720106
2001#1,92290
2000#1,542116
1999#1,73293
1998#1,69094
1997#1,352127
1996#1,246140
1995#1,235138
1994#1,312129
1993#1,385118
1992#1,351123
1991#1,205143
1990#1,224137
1989#1,301121
1988#1,157132
1987#1,195121
1986#1,282105
1985#1,163122
1984#1,137120
1983#1,127119
1982#1,079132
1981#1,036138
1980#1,161116
1979#995143
1978#939150
1977#999135
1976#885149
1975#876152
1974#946131
1973#862149
1972#888142
1971#938137
1970#949134
1969#923132
1968#991111
1967#959113
1966#1,15385
1965#1,37964
1964#1,43362
1963#1,43560
1962#1,49756
1961#1,76842
1960#1,98233
1959#1,74140
1958#1,67941
1957#1,98930
1956#2,10327
1955#1,83933
1954#1,80133
1953#1,50342
1952#1,97826
1951#1,96825
1950#2,00223
1949#1,62733
1948#1,62133
1947#2,14621
1946#1,41938
1945#1,69924
1944#2,19916
1943#1,49231
1942#2,04618
1941#1,64923
1940#2,02916
1939#1,47426
1938#2,02116
1937#1,67921
1936#2,38612
1935#2,57511
1934#2,28913
1933#3,4067
1932#3,2748
1931#2,58111
1930#2,55212
1929#3,6827
1928#2,76811
1927#2,85911
1926#2,87211
1925#4,9735
1924#2,66113
1923#2,36615
1922#3,6558
1921#4,0237
1920#2,89911
1919#3,2199
1918#3,02410
1917#2,42813
1916#3,0319
1915#2,9009
1914#2,6388
1913#2,03410
1912—
1911—
1910#2,1406
1909#1,9576
1908—
1907—
1906#1,9515
1905#1,9315
1904#1,8775
1903#1,5926
1902—
1901—
1900#1,7236
1899#1,3946
1898—
1897#1,2637
1896—
1895#1,2028
1894#1,4855
1893—
1892—
1891#1,3325
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887#9377
1886#1,1085
1885#8427
1884#7938
1883—
1882#7407
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Susannah! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Susannah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 208 spots since 2024 (#2,722 → #2,514)
  • 257 spots since 2020 (#2,257 → #2,514)
  • 220 spots since 2015 (#2,294 → #2,514)
  • Biggest jump: 194 spots in 1967 (#1,153 → #959)
  • Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1886 (#842 → #1,108)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #740 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1967–1979
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,591
  • Highest: 1 in 9,591 girls born in 1975 were named Susannah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,961 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #740 in 1882, was only 1 in 15,407 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 18.3% of all girls named Susannah (1,422) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s34#740 (1882)#884
1890s31#1,202 (1895)#1,335
1900s33#1,592 (1903)#1,839
1910s74#2,034 (1913)#2,677
1920s99#2,366 (1923)#3,276
1930s137#1,474 (1939)#2,424
1940s253#1,419 (1946)#1,793
1950s320#1,503 (1953)#1,860
1960s758#923 (1969)#1,352
1970s1,422#862 (1973)#928
1980s1,226#1,036 (1981)#1,164
1990s1,242#1,205 (1991)#1,373
2000s953#1,542 (2000)#1,992
2010s831#1,886 (2012)#2,289
2020s371#2,257 (2020)#2,804

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.

Susannah in 1986

girls
#1,282
105 births · 1 in 16,339 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #1,282Susannah105
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 16,339 of them was named Susannah, which outranked 90.0% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Susannah
  1. #1,272Roseann106
  2. #1,272Sommer106
  3. #1,272Taisha106
  4. #1,282Susannah105
  5. #1,282Addie105
  6. #1,282Cassy105
  7. #1,282Charde105
  8. #1,293Liberty104
  9. #1,293Margot104
  10. #1,293Marianna104

Tied with 10 names at #1,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →