Girls' name · since 1882
Susannah
7,784 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.
- #1,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,516 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,784
- born since 1882
- 1970s
- peak decade
Susannah currently ranks #2516 among girls' names in America, with 7,784 babies recorded since 1882.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Susannah has been recorded 7,784 times among girls since 1882, currently ranked #2516 nationally and more common than 85% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #1,938 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,516 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,784 born since 1882
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Susannah ranks #1,938 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,516 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,784 born since 1882, peaking in the 1970s.
- #1,938 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,516 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,784
- born since 1882
- 1970s
- peak decade
Susannah's 7,784 recorded births place it above 97.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Susannah compares
7,784 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Susannah's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Susannah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,784 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 152 | 21 | 19,840 |
Susannah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Susannah's full recorded timeline at 1961, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1886, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 152 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Susannah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 152
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Susannah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,422 births, 18% of the file).
1970s was Susannah's strongest decade.
1,422 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Susannah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 34
1880s
34 births
- 1890s 31
1890s
31 births
- 1900s 33
1900s
33 births
- 1910s 74
1910s
74 births
- 1920s 99
1920s
99 births
- 1930s 137
1930s
137 births
- 1940s 253
1940s
253 births
- 1950s 320
1950s
320 births
- 1960s
1960s
758 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,422 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,226 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,242 births
- 2000s
2000s
953 births
- 2010s
2010s
831 births
- 2020s 371
2020s
371 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,422 births (18% of all-time use).
How Susannah 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 Susannah's total volume
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 | | 438 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 244 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 242 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 232 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 195 | 2.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 169 | 2.2% |
557 of 7,784 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Susannah appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Susannah's data
- Susannah's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,422 total births); usage has since declined to 371 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Susannahs (557 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 Susannah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~143 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, 1882–2025 (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 Susannah 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.