Girls' name · since 1880
Susie
85,789 babies named Susie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,911 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85,789
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Susie currently ranks #1911 among girls' names in America, with 85,789 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Susie has been recorded 85,789 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #1911 nationally and more common than 89% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #415 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,911 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 85,789 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Susie ranks #415 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,911 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 85,789 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,911 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85,789
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Susie's 85,789 recorded births place it above 99.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Susie compares
85,789 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Susie's all-time total is 228x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Susie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85,789 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,476 | 21 | 19,840 |
Susie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Susie's full recorded timeline at 1953, 28% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 72% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 70 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 1,476 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Susie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1919)
- 1,476
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Susie popularity over time - boys
278 total births recorded since 1892 (Susie as boys' name)
Susie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12,179 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Susie's strongest decade.
12,179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Susie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 4,780
1880s
4,780 births
- 1890s
1890s
6,530 births
- 1900s
1900s
7,312 births
- 1910s
1910s
11,562 births
- 1920s
1920s
12,179 births
- 1930s
1930s
7,920 births
- 1940s
1940s
9,208 births
- 1950s
1950s
10,296 births
- 1960s
1960s
7,810 births
- 1970s 2,976
1970s
2,976 births
- 1980s 1,792
1980s
1,792 births
- 1990s 1,164
1990s
1,164 births
- 2000s 879
2000s
879 births
- 2010s 858
2010s
858 births
- 2020s 523
2020s
523 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12,179 births (14% of all-time use).
How Susie 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 Susie's total volume
Susie by state
Where Susie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6,119 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 5,858 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 4,734 | 5.5% |
| #4 | California | | 4,029 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 3,635 | 4.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 3,386 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 2,892 | 3.4% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 2,861 | 3.3% |
6,119 of 85,789 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Susie appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Susie's data
- Susie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (12,179 total births); usage has since declined to 523 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Susies (6,119 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Susie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Susie 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.