Susi — girls' name
392 babies named Susi in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Susi was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Susi in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Susi
The Social Security Administration has registered 392 babies named Susi between 1945 and 2017, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Susi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Susi performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Susi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Susi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Susi 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 392 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.
Susi at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Susi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1945
- Peak year (1962)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
392 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 25 births in a single year.
Susi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 131 births that decade — 33% of Susi's all-time total
Susi decade highlights
- Peak decade 131 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Susi's strongest decade
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Susi by state
Where Susi concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 6.6% |
26 of 392 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1945–2017 (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.