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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #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
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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 1962

  • 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: #384 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,775 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: #525 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 6,051 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedWIMichigan: #404 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,104 girlsMINew York: #690 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,610 girlsNYMassachusetts: #509 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,561 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedRIOregon: #394 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,080 girlsORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedIAIndiana: #517 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,051 girlsINOhio: #591 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,206 girlsOHPennsylvania: #585 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,695 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #649 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 6,939 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedUTColorado: #429 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,197 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedMOKentucky: #530 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,163 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #309 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,874 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Suzan, so not publishedLAMississippi: 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: #573 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 5,025 girlsTXFlorida: #648 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,029 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#309 · 1 in 1,874
  2. Washington#384 · 1 in 2,775
  3. Oregon#394 · 1 in 3,080
  4. Michigan#404 · 1 in 4,104
  5. Colorado#429 · 1 in 3,197

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#309111 in 1,874
Washington#384101 in 2,775
Oregon#39451 in 3,080
Michigan#404201 in 4,104
Colorado#42961 in 3,197
Massachusetts#50961 in 8,561
Indiana#51781 in 6,051
Illinois#525171 in 6,051
Kentucky#53051 in 6,163
Texas#573221 in 5,025
Pennsylvania#585121 in 8,695
Ohio#591121 in 8,206
Florida#64871 in 7,029
California#649251 in 6,939
New York#690171 in 9,610
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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 1962

girls
#650
241 births · 1 in 8,160 girls

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #650Suzan241
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 8,160 of them was named Suzan, which outranked 91.4% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Suzan
  1. #646Juliet245
  2. #646Libby245
  3. #646Teena245
  4. #650Suzan241
  5. #650Adele241
  6. #650Geralyn241
  7. #650Pattie241
  8. #656Corrine240
  9. #657Antonia238
  10. #657Christa238

Tied with 5 names at #650; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →