Susanna — #1351 US girls' name
19,782 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.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
13% of everyone ever named Susanna was born in this single decade.
310 babies were named Susanna in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Susanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 19,782 babies named Susanna between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Susanna currently holds the #1351 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 310 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Susanna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 2,496 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Susanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,481 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Susanna in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Susanna 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 19,782 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.
Susanna at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Susanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1958)
- 310
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1351 among girls.
19,782 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 310 births in a single year.
Susanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 2,496 births that decade — 13% of Susanna's all-time total
Susanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,496 births
- Runner-up 2,466 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Susanna's strongest decade
2,496 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 13% of all-time use.
Susanna by state
Where Susanna concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,481 | 12.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,440 | 7.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,403 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 1,401 | 7.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 753 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 654 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 438 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 436 | 2.2% |
2,481 of 19,782 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.5% of nationwide
- Texas 7.3% of nationwide
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 7.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 39 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Susanna appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.