Suzette
Suzette was given to 29 girls in 2025, #4,742 among girls’ names; 16,968 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 14,500 Americans named Suzette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 50 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Suzette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Suzette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Suzette is “a female given name from French.” Its etymology gives the sense “Susan” (Suzanne).
From French Suzette, from Suzanne (“Susan”) + -ette, feminine of -et (diminutive suffix).
/suˈzɛt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Suzette?
#4,742 among girls’ names, 2025
Suzette fell from #3,342 in 2015 to #4,742 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 27.4 to 18.0 per million.
719 babies in 1964, the peak
Suzette peaked in 1964, when 719 girls were given it, #352 among girls’ names. The 29 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,742 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,761 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,551 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,781 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,030 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,861 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,840 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,339 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,988 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,844 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 49 | #3,342 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,538 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,838 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 38 | #4,038 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 37 | #4,062 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,884 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,610 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,215 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 56 | #3,123 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,809 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 125 | #1,622 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 78 | #2,259 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 63 | #2,570 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 49 | #3,003 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,280 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,206 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,955 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,862 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 111 | #1,487 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 188 | #1,001 | 0.11 |
| 1995 | 129 | #1,297 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,454 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 56 | #2,313 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 77 | #1,850 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,797 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,550 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,799 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 99 | #1,417 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 94 | #1,416 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 101 | #1,324 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 123 | #1,162 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 103 | #1,252 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 105 | #1,219 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 108 | #1,229 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 99 | #1,292 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 121 | #1,133 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 134 | #1,045 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 144 | #967 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 165 | #877 | 0.11 |
| 1976 | 163 | #843 | 0.11 |
| 1975 | 227 | #670 | 0.16 |
| 1974 | 245 | #632 | 0.17 |
| 1973 | 328 | #517 | 0.22 |
| 1972 | 371 | #482 | 0.24 |
| 1971 | 449 | #456 | 0.27 |
| 1970 | 496 | #443 | 0.28 |
| 1969 | 561 | #404 | 0.33 |
| 1968 | 615 | #362 | 0.37 |
| 1967 | 674 | #342 | 0.41 |
| 1966 | 629 | #362 | 0.37 |
| 1965 | 659 | #354 | 0.37 |
| 1964 | 719 | #352 | 0.38 |
| 1963 | 614 | #388 | 0.32 |
| 1962 | 594 | #387 | 0.30 |
| 1961 | 521 | #430 | 0.26 |
| 1960 | 569 | #401 | 0.28 |
| 1959 | 464 | #446 | 0.23 |
| 1958 | 422 | #461 | 0.21 |
| 1957 | 349 | #511 | 0.17 |
| 1956 | 364 | #488 | 0.18 |
| 1955 | 291 | #538 | 0.15 |
| 1954 | 282 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1953 | 271 | #522 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 219 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 248 | #529 | 0.14 |
| 1950 | 218 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 239 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 259 | #508 | 0.15 |
| 1947 | 259 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1946 | 338 | #417 | 0.22 |
| 1945 | 56 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,069 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 64 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,468 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,373 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,490 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,867 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,908 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,170 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,141 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 17 | #2,023 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,190 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,674 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,901 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,748 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,831 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,855 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 11 | #3,099 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,650 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,905 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,942 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,745 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,812 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,052 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,875 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,929 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Suzette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Suzette has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 109 years of records.
Girls and boys named Suzette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Suzette, and how old are they?
14,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 16,968 Americans ever recorded as Suzette. The median Suzette alive today is 59 years old; half are between 50 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 16,531 people named Suzette (16,511 women and girls, 20 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 15,051 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% 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 | 194 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,780 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,480 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,540 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,050 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 496 |
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 Suzette born?
The states with the most babies named Suzette are California, New York and Texas, with 39% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,587 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| New York | 1,465 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 1,156 | #2,604 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 805 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 782 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 607 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 551 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Florida | 547 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 524 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 356 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Suzette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Suzette is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1912 it was given 2.0 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 Suzette 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 18,921 babies since 1880, Suzette is the most given (90% of them). In 2025 it was given to 29 of their 29 babies (100%), again the most given.
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 Suzette
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 Suzette and names like it
- Compare Suzette and SusetteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sSuzette peaked in 1964.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Suzette since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Suzette: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Suzette.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Suzette alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.