Susannah
#2,514 for girls in 2025, 70 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,784since 1882
Susannah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Susannah has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,514 | 70 |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 |
| 2023 | #3,476 | 45 |
| 2022 | #3,073 | 53 |
| 2021 | #2,784 | 61 |
| 2020 | #2,257 | 79 |
| 2019 | #2,632 | 66 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 |
| 2017 | #2,283 | 81 |
| 2016 | #2,084 | 94 |
| 2015 | #2,294 | 81 |
| 2014 | #2,081 | 93 |
| 2013 | #2,002 | 97 |
| 2012 | #1,886 | 106 |
| 2011 | #2,369 | 78 |
| 2010 | #2,514 | 73 |
| 2009 | #2,465 | 77 |
| 2008 | #2,234 | 88 |
| 2007 | #2,134 | 94 |
| 2006 | #2,069 | 95 |
| 2005 | #2,057 | 91 |
| 2004 | #1,895 | 99 |
| 2003 | #1,885 | 97 |
| 2002 | #1,720 | 106 |
| 2001 | #1,922 | 90 |
| 2000 | #1,542 | 116 |
| 1999 | #1,732 | 93 |
| 1998 | #1,690 | 94 |
| 1997 | #1,352 | 127 |
| 1996 | #1,246 | 140 |
| 1995 | #1,235 | 138 |
| 1994 | #1,312 | 129 |
| 1993 | #1,385 | 118 |
| 1992 | #1,351 | 123 |
| 1991 | #1,205 | 143 |
| 1990 | #1,224 | 137 |
| 1989 | #1,301 | 121 |
| 1988 | #1,157 | 132 |
| 1987 | #1,195 | 121 |
| 1986 | #1,282 | 105 |
| 1985 | #1,163 | 122 |
| 1984 | #1,137 | 120 |
| 1983 | #1,127 | 119 |
| 1982 | #1,079 | 132 |
| 1981 | #1,036 | 138 |
| 1980 | #1,161 | 116 |
| 1979 | #995 | 143 |
| 1978 | #939 | 150 |
| 1977 | #999 | 135 |
| 1976 | #885 | 149 |
| 1975 | #876 | 152 |
| 1974 | #946 | 131 |
| 1973 | #862 | 149 |
| 1972 | #888 | 142 |
| 1971 | #938 | 137 |
| 1970 | #949 | 134 |
| 1969 | #923 | 132 |
| 1968 | #991 | 111 |
| 1967 | #959 | 113 |
| 1966 | #1,153 | 85 |
| 1965 | #1,379 | 64 |
| 1964 | #1,433 | 62 |
| 1963 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1962 | #1,497 | 56 |
| 1961 | #1,768 | 42 |
| 1960 | #1,982 | 33 |
| 1959 | #1,741 | 40 |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,621 | 33 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five girls were named Susannah! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Susannah is popular in 1993
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- South Carolina#509 · 1 in 3,517
- North Carolina#606 · 1 in 4,798
- Maryland#666 · 1 in 5,138
- Virginia#709 · 1 in 5,877
- Georgia#943 · 1 in 8,095
Best ever in a state: #260 in District of Columbia, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #509 | 5 | 1 in 3,517 |
| North Carolina | #606 | 8 | 1 in 4,798 |
| Maryland | #666 | 5 | 1 in 5,138 |
| Virginia | #709 | 6 | 1 in 5,877 |
| Georgia | #943 | 5 | 1 in 8,095 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,010 | 6 | 1 in 11,035 |
| Ohio | #1,033 | 6 | 1 in 11,008 |
| New York | #1,216 | 10 | 1 in 11,310 |
| Florida | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 12,411 |
| California | #2,147 | 9 | 1 in 27,730 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 208 spots since 2024 (#2,722 → #2,514)
- 257 spots since 2020 (#2,257 → #2,514)
- 220 spots since 2015 (#2,294 → #2,514)
- Biggest jump: 194 spots in 1967 (#1,153 → #959)
- Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1886 (#842 → #1,108)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #740 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1967–1979
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,591
- Highest: 1 in 9,591 girls born in 1975 were named Susannah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,961 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #740 in 1882, was only 1 in 15,407 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 18.3% of all girls named Susannah (1,422) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 34 | #740 (1882) | #884 |
| 1890s | 31 | #1,202 (1895) | #1,335 |
| 1900s | 33 | #1,592 (1903) | #1,839 |
| 1910s | 74 | #2,034 (1913) | #2,677 |
| 1920s | 99 | #2,366 (1923) | #3,276 |
| 1930s | 137 | #1,474 (1939) | #2,424 |
| 1940s | 253 | #1,419 (1946) | #1,793 |
| 1950s | 320 | #1,503 (1953) | #1,860 |
| 1960s | 758 | #923 (1969) | #1,352 |
| 1970s | 1,422 | #862 (1973) | #928 |
| 1980s | 1,226 | #1,036 (1981) | #1,164 |
| 1990s | 1,242 | #1,205 (1991) | #1,373 |
| 2000s | 953 | #1,542 (2000) | #1,992 |
| 2010s | 831 | #1,886 (2012) | #2,289 |
| 2020s | 371 | #2,257 (2020) | #2,804 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Susannah in 1993
girls
#1,385
118 births · 1 in 15,331 girls
Top girls' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 15,331 of them was named Susannah, which outranked 91.2% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).