Susannah
Susannah was given to 70 girls in 2025, #2,536 among girls’ names; 7,784 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,980 Americans named Susannah and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 23 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Susannah by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Susannah mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Susannah is “a female given name from Hebrew, variant of Susanna.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Susannah?
#2,536 among girls’ names, 2025
Susannah fell from #2,313 in 2015 to #2,536 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 45.4 to 43.6 per million.
152 babies in 1975, the peak
Susannah peaked in 1975, when 152 girls were given it, #877 among girls’ names. The 70 births of 2025 are 46% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,536 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,744 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,518 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,120 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,816 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 79 | #2,276 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,648 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,777 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 81 | #2,300 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 94 | #2,092 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 81 | #2,313 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 93 | #2,093 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 97 | #2,018 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,903 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 78 | #2,391 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 73 | #2,536 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 77 | #2,482 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,250 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 94 | #2,145 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 95 | #2,080 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,070 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,902 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,894 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 106 | #1,728 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,935 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,548 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 93 | #1,735 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,705 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 127 | #1,358 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 140 | #1,252 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,241 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 129 | #1,318 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 118 | #1,386 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 123 | #1,353 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 143 | #1,210 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 137 | #1,224 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 121 | #1,306 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 132 | #1,162 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 121 | #1,200 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 105 | #1,291 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 122 | #1,171 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 120 | #1,143 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 119 | #1,130 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 132 | #1,082 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 138 | #1,044 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 116 | #1,168 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 143 | #1,005 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 150 | #946 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 135 | #1,003 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 149 | #888 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 152 | #877 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 131 | #948 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 149 | #868 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 142 | #891 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 137 | #942 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 134 | #951 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 132 | #927 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 111 | #998 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 113 | #965 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 85 | #1,158 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 64 | #1,387 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 62 | #1,442 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 60 | #1,448 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 56 | #1,507 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 33 | #2,008 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,759 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 30 | #2,021 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,145 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,871 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,829 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,527 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 26 | #2,011 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 25 | #2,012 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,046 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,657 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,642 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,190 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,435 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,740 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,280 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,521 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,108 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,688 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,094 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,510 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,102 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,503 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,711 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,413 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,704 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,534 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,733 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,672 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 7 | #4,004 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,935 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 11 | #3,028 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 11 | #3,022 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,679 | under 0.01 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,797 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,447 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,965 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,399 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 11 | #3,073 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,422 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,210 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,534 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,222 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 9 | #3,107 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,841 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,142 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,371 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,190 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,183 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,197 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,138 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,765 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,902 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,569 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,371 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,681 | 0.02 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,516 | 0.03 |
| 1887 | 7 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 7 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 8 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 7 | #804 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Susannah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Susannah has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 130 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Susannah: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Susannah, and how old are they?
6,980 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 7,784 Americans ever recorded as Susannah. The median Susannah alive today is 38 years old; half are between 23 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 7,095 people named Susannah (7,087 women and girls, 8 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,792 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 100 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 551 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,900 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,980 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,510 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 939 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Susannah born?
The states with the most babies named Susannah are California, New York and Texas, with 43% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 557 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 471 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 438 | #3,738 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 244 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 242 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Massachusetts | 232 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 195 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 169 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 145 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 122 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Susannah is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Susannah is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Susannah with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 74,916 babies since 1880, Susannah is the fourth most given (10% of them). In 2025 it was given to 70 of their 357 babies (20%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Susannah
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Susannah and names like it
- Compare Susannah and SusanneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sSusannah peaked in 1975.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Susannah since 1910.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Susannah.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Susannah alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with SMost given first.