Susa — girls' name
211 babies named Susa in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Susa was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Susa in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Susa
The Social Security Administration has registered 211 babies named Susa between 1924 and 1985, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Susa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Susa performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Susa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Susa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 211 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Susa at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Susa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1924
- Peak year (1959)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
211 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 15 births in a single year.
Susa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 109 births that decade — 52% of Susa's all-time total
Susa decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Susa's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.