Susanne
Susanne was given to 8 girls in 2025, #11,811 among girls’ names; 26,094 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 19,000 Americans named Susanne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 56 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Susanne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Susanne mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Susanne is “a female given name from German [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Susan.”
/suːˈzæn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Susanne?
#11,811 among girls’ names, 2025
Susanne entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #11,811 in 2025.
713 babies in 1949, the peak
Susanne peaked in 1949, when 713 girls were given it, #289 among girls’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,811 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 8 | #12,033 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #12,065 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #12,117 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,472 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,901 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,548 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,718 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,605 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,756 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 | #8,908 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,913 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 15 | #8,168 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,384 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,166 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,324 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 13 | #9,424 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,485 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,664 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,452 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,789 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,789 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,871 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,279 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,964 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,496 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,103 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,878 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,550 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,205 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,518 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,630 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,378 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,988 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,280 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 79 | #1,726 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,488 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 85 | #1,516 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 99 | #1,340 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 109 | #1,258 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 125 | #1,110 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 146 | #995 | 0.09 |
| 1982 | 153 | #970 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 164 | #918 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 182 | #852 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 230 | #724 | 0.14 |
| 1978 | 257 | #640 | 0.17 |
| 1977 | 268 | #627 | 0.17 |
| 1976 | 252 | #621 | 0.17 |
| 1975 | 266 | #603 | 0.18 |
| 1974 | 310 | #547 | 0.21 |
| 1973 | 364 | #488 | 0.25 |
| 1972 | 406 | #459 | 0.27 |
| 1971 | 513 | #416 | 0.31 |
| 1970 | 558 | #408 | 0.32 |
| 1969 | 599 | #384 | 0.36 |
| 1968 | 662 | #342 | 0.40 |
| 1967 | 674 | #341 | 0.41 |
| 1966 | 593 | #375 | 0.35 |
| 1965 | 590 | #375 | 0.33 |
| 1964 | 661 | #369 | 0.35 |
| 1963 | 621 | #386 | 0.32 |
| 1962 | 616 | #379 | 0.31 |
| 1961 | 590 | #400 | 0.29 |
| 1960 | 560 | #405 | 0.28 |
| 1959 | 577 | #394 | 0.29 |
| 1958 | 624 | #365 | 0.31 |
| 1957 | 672 | #350 | 0.33 |
| 1956 | 712 | #327 | 0.35 |
| 1955 | 626 | #343 | 0.32 |
| 1954 | 627 | #338 | 0.32 |
| 1953 | 638 | #328 | 0.34 |
| 1952 | 559 | #346 | 0.30 |
| 1951 | 602 | #323 | 0.33 |
| 1950 | 659 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1949 | 713 | #289 | 0.42 |
| 1948 | 606 | #313 | 0.36 |
| 1947 | 693 | #300 | 0.39 |
| 1946 | 680 | #281 | 0.43 |
| 1945 | 514 | #303 | 0.39 |
| 1944 | 513 | #297 | 0.39 |
| 1943 | 492 | #313 | 0.35 |
| 1942 | 405 | #349 | 0.30 |
| 1941 | 386 | #337 | 0.32 |
| 1940 | 320 | #368 | 0.28 |
| 1939 | 265 | #417 | 0.24 |
| 1938 | 213 | #461 | 0.19 |
| 1937 | 228 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1936 | 184 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1935 | 163 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 141 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1933 | 121 | #587 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 131 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 103 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 97 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 83 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 75 | #837 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 79 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 58 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 76 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 59 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 55 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 64 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 60 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 58 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 53 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 50 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 52 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 40 | #1,072 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 38 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,173 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 32 | #900 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 21 | #979 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,261 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,046 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,393 | 0.01 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,495 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,220 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,675 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,640 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,311 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,707 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 12 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,366 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,287 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,287 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,414 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 9 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,190 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,035 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 6 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 5 | #928 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Susanne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Susanne has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 138 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Susanne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Susanne, and how old are they?
19,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 26,094 Americans ever recorded as Susanne. The median Susanne alive today is 64 years old; half are between 56 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 25,061 people named Susanne (25,044 women and girls, 17 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 20,805 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,760 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 9,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,180 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,360 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 324 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 115 |
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 Susanne born?
The states with the most babies named Susanne are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 3,400 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| California | 2,416 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,246 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 1,602 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 1,436 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 1,269 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 1,124 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Massachusetts | 1,122 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Texas | 684 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Minnesota | 622 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Susanne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Susanne is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.5 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 Susanne 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 76,935 babies since 1880, Susanne is the most given (34% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8 of their 357 babies (2.2%), the fourth 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 Susanne
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 Susanne and names like it
- Compare Susanne and SusanaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sSusanne peaked in 1949.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Susanne since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Susanne: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1949The year the most babies were named Susanne.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Susanne alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.