Susannah — #2712 US girls' name
7,715 babies named Susannah in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Susannah was born in this single decade.
152 babies were named Susannah in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Susannah
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,715 babies named Susannah between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Susannah currently holds the #2712 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 152 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Susannah performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,422 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Susannah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 557 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Susannah in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Susannah 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 7,715 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.
Susannah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Susannah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1882
- Peak year (1975)
- 152
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
Currently ranks #2712 among girls.
7,715 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 152 births in a single year.
Susannah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,422 births that decade — 18% of Susannah's all-time total
Susannah decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,422 births
- Runner-up 1,242 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Susannah's strongest decade
1,422 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Susannah by state
Where Susannah concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 557 | 7.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 471 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 433 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 244 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 242 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 232 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 195 | 2.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 169 | 2.2% |
557 of 7,715 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.2% of nationwide
- New York 6.1% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.2% of nationwide
- Virginia 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Susannah appears in 29 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, 1882–2024 (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.