Girls' name · since 1880
Susanna
19,987 babies named Susanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,070 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,987
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
19,987 babies have been named Susanna since 1880, making it today's #1173 girls' name.
Susanna has 19,987 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1173 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,070 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,173 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 19,987 born since 1880
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Susanna ranks #1,070 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,173 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 19,987 born since 1880, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,070 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,987
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
Susanna's 19,987 recorded births place it above 98.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Susanna compares
19,987 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Susanna's all-time total is 53x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Susanna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 19,987 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 311 | 21 | 19,840 |
Susanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Susanna splits its recorded history at 1953: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (21 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 311 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Susanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1958)
- 311
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Susanna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (2,496 births, 12% of the file).
1980s was Susanna's strongest decade.
2,496 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Susanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 272
1880s
272 births
- 1890s 410
1890s
410 births
- 1900s 377
1900s
377 births
- 1910s 781
1910s
781 births
- 1920s 745
1920s
745 births
- 1930s 604
1930s
604 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,189 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,862 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,151 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,466 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,496 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,053 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,835 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,736 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,010 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 2,496 births (12% of all-time use).
How Susanna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Susanna's total volume
Susanna by state
Where Susanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,500 | 12.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,455 | 7.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,417 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 1,410 | 7.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 765 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 654 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 444 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 443 | 2.2% |
2,500 of 19,987 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Susanna appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Susanna's data
- Susanna's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (2,496 total births) through the 2020s (1,010) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Susannas (2,500 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Susanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Susanna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.