Suzan

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293

Peak · girls
1955 · 484 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,081
since 1898

Suzan over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Suzan has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #397, 1955girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#15,2935
2023#15,1945
2022#11,2318
2021#15,2515
2020#11,0908
2019#11,3568
2018#9,80610
2017#6,53118
2016#12,8767
2015#10,14810
2014#14,5586
2013#7,37216
2012#7,80415
2011#10,37410
2010#6,90418
2009#8,45414
2008#8,96513
2007#8,52014
2006#6,12521
2005#6,52818
2004#6,48918
2003#7,99813
2002#6,12918
2001#4,44727
2000#5,93718
1999#4,71823
1998#5,36319
1997#5,41718
1996#4,30624
1995#4,67721
1994#4,01626
1993#4,99819
1992#3,34333
1991#4,49722
1990#3,02237
1989#3,25332
1988#3,30629
1987#3,74323
1986#3,13529
1985#3,00830
1984#2,78132
1983#2,31041
1982#2,32742
1981#3,14727
1980#2,18946
1979#2,14746
1978#2,19142
1977#2,06346
1976#1,91247
1975#1,78052
1974#1,49965
1973#1,37472
1972#1,13397
1971#1,125104
1970#1,26387
1969#994118
1968#813155
1967#850141
1966#785157
1965#708193
1964#671231
1963#637251
1962#650241
1961#660242
1960#581289
1959#532331
1958#512356
1957#500359
1956#449419
1955#397484
1954#402462
1953#448369
1952#485300
1951#541242
1950#516249
1949#500263
1948#505263
1947#542241
1946#517232
1945#575162
1944#611145
1943#687122
1942#743103
1941#83076
1940#1,06246
1939#1,03947
1938#1,18238
1937#1,28232
1936#2,03215
1935#2,20614
1934#1,77119
1933#2,54011
1932#2,23514
1931#3,2268
1930#3,0559
1929#4,0536
1928#3,4368
1927#2,69912
1926—
1925#4,4266
1924#4,0027
1923#3,12510
1922—
1921#4,0237
1920#4,9755
1919#4,8145
1918#3,8697
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five girls were named Suzan! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Suzan is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedNHWashington: #539 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,655 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedMNIllinois: #575 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,175 girlsILWisconsin: #535 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,986 girlsWIMichigan: #445 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,906 girlsMINew York: #655 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 9,317 girlsNYMassachusetts: #366 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,792 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedSDIowa: #456 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,629 girlsIAIndiana: #611 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,396 girlsINOhio: #582 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,091 girlsOHPennsylvania: #443 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 4,856 girlsPANew Jersey: #570 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,258 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #573 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 5,953 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedUTColorado: #418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,257 girlsCONebraska: #325 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,411 girlsNEMissouri: #376 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,443 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #386 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,479 girlsWVVirginia: #599 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,961 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #686 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,712 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #683 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,764 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedHITexas: #540 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 4,725 girlsTXFlorida: #518 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,026 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#325 · 1 in 2,411
  2. Massachusetts#366 · 1 in 4,792
  3. Missouri#376 · 1 in 3,443
  4. West Virginia#386 · 1 in 3,479
  5. Colorado#418 · 1 in 3,257

Best ever in a state: #153 in Utah, 1945.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#32561 in 2,411
Massachusetts#366111 in 4,792
Missouri#376131 in 3,443
West Virginia#38651 in 3,479
Colorado#41861 in 3,257
Pennsylvania#443231 in 4,856
Michigan#445181 in 4,906
Iowa#45651 in 5,629
Florida#518101 in 5,026
Wisconsin#53551 in 8,986
Washington#53951 in 5,655
Texas#540241 in 4,725
New Jersey#57071 in 8,258
California#573291 in 5,953
Illinois#575151 in 7,175
Ohio#582131 in 8,091
Virginia#59951 in 7,961
Indiana#61161 in 8,396
New York#655181 in 9,317
Louisiana#68351 in 7,764
North Carolina#68651 in 9,712
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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.

See more about Suzan
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 232 spots in 1941 (#1,062 → #830)
  • Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1970 (#994 → #1,263)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1955 at #397 (484 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1941–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,040
  • Highest: 1 in 4,040 girls born in 1955 were named Suzan (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 39.3% of all girls named Suzan (3,571) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,700 (1898)#1,700
1900s0——
1910s12#3,869 (1918)#4,342
1920s61#2,699 (1927)#3,842
1930s207#1,039 (1939)#2,057
1940s1,653#500 (1949)#657
1950s3,571#397 (1955)#478
1960s2,018#581 (1960)#735
1970s658#1,125 (1971)#1,649
1980s331#2,189 (1980)#2,920
1990s242#3,022 (1990)#4,436
2000s174#4,447 (2001)#6,959
2010s118#6,531 (2017)#9,773
2020s31#11,090 (2020)#13,612

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.

Suzan in 1960

girls
#581
289 births · 1 in 6,996 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #581Suzan289
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 6,996 of them was named Suzan, which outranked 92.1% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Suzan
  1. #578James291
  2. #578Kaye291
  3. #578Lila291
  4. #581Suzan289
  5. #581Lourdes289
  6. #583Caren288
  7. #584Hattie287
  8. #585Glenna286

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960 →