Susanah — girls' name
34 babies named Susanah in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Susanah was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Susanah in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Susanah
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Susanah between 1971 and 2005, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Susanah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Susanah performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Susanah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Susanah 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 34 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.
Susanah at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Susanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1971
- Peak year (1971)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
34 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 6 births in a single year.
Susanah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 17 births that decade — 50% of Susanah's all-time total
Susanah decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Susanah's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1971–2005 (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.