Recorded 1933–2022 Girls' name Peak 1961 1,398 births

Suzi — girls' name

1,398 babies named Suzi in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1930s51940s2851950s2741960s4591970s1621980s841990s482000s322010s372020s12
1960s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Suzi was born in this single decade.

1961
Single peak year

63 babies were named Suzi in 1961 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Suzi

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,398 babies named Suzi between 1933 and 2022, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suzi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 63 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Suzi performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 459 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Suzi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 178 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Suzi in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Suzi 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 1,398 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.

Suzi at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

1,398

Since 1933

90 years of records

Peak year

1961

63 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1933

Recorded for 90 years

Last year on file: 2022

Suzi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1933

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1961)
63
Annual births at peak — across 90 years of records
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Suzi by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
459 births that decade — 33% of Suzi's all-time total
1930s51940s2851950s2741960s4591970s1621980s841990s482000s322010s372020s12

Suzi by state

Where Suzi concentrates geographically — total births since 1933

Geographically diffuse
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Suzi
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
178 12.7%
#2 Texas
28 2.0%
#3 New York
11 0.8%
#4 Washington
11 0.8%
#5 Ohio
6 0.4%
#6 Iowa
5 0.4%
#7 Illinois
5 0.4%
California share of Suzi's total US births 12.7%
Even split

178 of 1,398 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Suzi?
1,398 babies have been named Suzi since 1933. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1961 with 63 births.
When was Suzi most popular?
Suzi was most popular in the 1960s decade with 459 total births. The single peak year was 1961.
Where is Suzi most popular?
The top states for the name Suzi are California (178 births), Texas (28 births), New York (11 births).
How long has the name Suzi been used?
Suzi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1933, spanning 90 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Suzi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Suzanne, Suzette, Suzanna, Suzan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1933–2022 (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.