Suzanne — #2525 US girls' name
219,234 babies named Suzanne in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Suzanne was born in this single decade.
6,852 babies were named Suzanne in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Suzanne
The Social Security Administration has registered 219,234 babies named Suzanne between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suzanne currently holds the #2525 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 6,852 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Suzanne performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 59,762 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Suzanne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 26,719 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Suzanne in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Suzanne 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 219,234 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.
Suzanne at a glance
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Current rank
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Suzanne popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1962)
- 6,852
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #2525 among girls.
219,234 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 6,852 births in a single year.
Suzanne popularity over time — boys
492 total births recorded since 1935 (Suzanne as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Suzanne accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Suzanne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 59,762 births that decade — 27% of Suzanne's all-time total
Suzanne decade highlights
- Peak decade 59,762 births
- Runner-up 50,331 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Suzanne's strongest decade
59,762 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Suzanne by state
Where Suzanne concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 26,719 | 12.2% |
| #2 | California | | 21,218 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 17,031 | 7.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 13,343 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 11,885 | 5.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 11,450 | 5.2% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 9,555 | 4.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 9,184 | 4.2% |
26,719 of 219,234 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 12.2% of nationwide
- California 9.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 7.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 12.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Suzanne appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.