Suz — girls' name
18 babies named Suz in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
72% of everyone ever named Suz was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Suz in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Suz
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Suz between 1947 and 1955, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suz currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Suz performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Suz shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Suz in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Suz 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 18 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.
Suz at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Suz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1947
- Peak year (1954)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
18 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 8 births in a single year.
Suz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 13 births that decade — 72% of Suz's all-time total
Suz decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Suz's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Suz by state
Where Suz concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 27.8% |
5 of 18 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 27.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 27.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1947–1955 (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.