Suzanne

#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1946 · 5,948 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
30 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
219,309
since 1880

Suzanne over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #52, 1946girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,38775—
2024#2,53370—
2023#2,67465—
2022#2,99555—
2021#3,03754—
2020#3,49843—
2019#3,13051—
2018#3,00454—
2017#2,43274—
2016#2,61767—
2015#2,35178—
2014#2,37177—
2013#2,03295—
2012#2,18986—
2011#2,61468—
2010#2,20288—
2009#2,37581—
2008#1,854115—
2007#1,770121—
2006#1,691124—
2005#1,645121—
2004#1,436143—
2003#1,267165—
2002#1,165176—
2001#1,050204—
2000#1,019207—
1999#948219—
1998#835255—
1997#773271—
1996#667333—
1995#631345—
1994#560424—
1993#521469—
1992#442570—
1991#396646—
1990#370716—
1989#309836#6,2297
1988#279891—
1987#266948#6,9515
1986#2551,009#6,7215
1985#2351,099—
1984#2051,293#4,2159
1983#1891,403#5,4846
1982#1741,626#5,0037
1981#1611,776#4,9617
1980#1392,103#3,83810
1979#1272,245#4,0689
1978#1172,507#3,21512
1977#1212,373#3,20312
1976#1262,200#4,9356
1975#1212,319#3,9418
1974#1112,697#4,6346
1973#983,036#2,85712
1972#923,300#2,81912
1971#883,932#2,46415
1970#874,425#3,2829
1969#754,902#2,41513
1968#695,040#1,96217
1967#635,489#1,97416
1966#625,684#3,5376
1965#655,912#2,27013
1964#676,485#2,54611
1963#656,821#2,41412
1962#656,851#2,03516
1961#686,611#2,14815
1960#785,966#2,8719
1959#965,161#2,53011
1958#1044,637#3,5596
1957#1024,660#3,0248
1956#945,024#2,62810
1955#865,137#3,5056
1954#825,236#2,59210
1953#785,472#3,4256
1952#844,909#2,51410
1951#834,828#3,3646
1950#715,266#2,32111
1949#625,609#2,02214
1948#665,448#3,3166
1947#536,231#2,16913
1946#525,948#2,40310
1945#683,770#2,7437
1944#783,462#1,98813
1943#863,280#1,76417
1942#1032,708#3,5605
1941#972,611#3,1336
1940#1092,338#2,8717
1939#1222,031#2,28810
1938#1331,807#2,4799
1937#1451,546—
1936#1511,350—
1935#1541,310#3,2526
1934#1531,340—
1933#181950—
1932#215828—
1931#214805—
1930#217793—
1929#259603—
1928#267583—
1927#296509—
1926#294522—
1925#327414—
1924#335405—
1923#349359—
1922#362334—
1921#338376—
1920#388285—
1919#472199—
1918#434234—
1917#465194—
1916#502167—
1915#474169—
1914#483131—
1913#51298—
1912#53184—
1911#51964—
1910#53658—
1909#50056—
1908#60239—
1907#72627—
1906#81820—
1905#92616—
1904#65328—
1903#71222—
1902#64227—
1901#77118—
1900#97015—
1899#83515—
1898#84016—
1897#93112—
1896#1,1229—
1895#1,1239—
1894#81214—
1893#95510—
1892#1,1717—
1891#1,3325—
1890#1,0997—
1889#80211—
1888#83710—
1887#7889—
1886#9936—
1885#1,0475—
1884#1,0245—
1883——
1882#53012—
1881#7406—
1880#7386—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Suzanne was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Suzanne is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #124 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 385 girlsAKMaine: #50 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 180 girlsMEVermont: #44 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 146 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #43 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 141 girlsNHWashington: #70 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 287 girlsWAIdaho: #67 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 243 girlsIDMontana: #91 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 309 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #113 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 407 girlsNDMinnesota: #74 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 288 girlsMNIllinois: #85 for girls · 310 births · 1 in 344 girlsILWisconsin: #69 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 268 girlsWIMichigan: #54 for girls · 396 births · 1 in 219 girlsMINew York: #44 for girls · 836 births · 1 in 201 girlsNYMassachusetts: #44 for girls · 305 births · 1 in 177 girlsMARhode Island: #39 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 165 girlsRIOregon: #75 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 299 girlsORNevada: #81 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 234 girlsNVWyoming: #82 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 293 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #106 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 393 girlsSDIowa: #86 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 322 girlsIAIndiana: #104 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 430 girlsINOhio: #78 for girls · 336 births · 1 in 310 girlsOHPennsylvania: #54 for girls · 503 births · 1 in 221 girlsPANew Jersey: #39 for girls · 334 births · 1 in 176 girlsNJConnecticut: #39 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 161 girlsCTCalifornia: #56 for girls · 710 births · 1 in 247 girlsCAUtah: #53 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 200 girlsUTColorado: #93 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 368 girlsCONebraska: #85 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 336 girlsNEMissouri: #95 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 382 girlsMOKentucky: #124 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 559 girlsKYWest Virginia: #143 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 673 girlsWVVirginia: #84 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 327 girlsVAMaryland: #89 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 341 girlsMDDelaware: #53 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 200 girlsDEArizona: #75 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 301 girlsAZNew Mexico: #175 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 664 girlsNMKansas: #109 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 415 girlsKSArkansas: #123 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 547 girlsARTennessee: #106 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 483 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #130 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 625 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #132 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 590 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #44 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 174 girlsDCOklahoma: #119 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 485 girlsOKLouisiana: #99 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 392 girlsLAMississippi: #138 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 620 girlsMSAlabama: #97 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 424 girlsALGeorgia: #134 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 619 girlsGAHawaii: #61 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 235 girlsHITexas: #98 for girls · 260 births · 1 in 430 girlsTXFlorida: #68 for girls · 171 births · 1 in 293 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#39 · 1 in 161
  2. Rhode Island#39 · 1 in 165
  3. New Jersey#39 · 1 in 176
  4. New Hampshire#43 · 1 in 141
  5. Vermont#44 · 1 in 146

Best ever in a state: #18 in Rhode Island, 1947.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#391531 in 161
New Jersey#393341 in 176
Rhode Island#39501 in 165
New Hampshire#43401 in 141
District of Columbia#44761 in 174
Massachusetts#443051 in 177
New York#448361 in 201
Vermont#44241 in 146
Maine#50561 in 180
Delaware#53231 in 200
Utah#53531 in 200
Michigan#543961 in 219
Pennsylvania#545031 in 221
California#567101 in 247
Hawaii#61261 in 235
Idaho#67261 in 243
Florida#681711 in 293
Wisconsin#691651 in 268
Washington#70971 in 287
Minnesota#741341 in 288
Arizona#75511 in 301
Oregon#75521 in 299
Ohio#783361 in 310
Nevada#81111 in 234
Wyoming#82101 in 293
Virginia#841231 in 327
Illinois#853101 in 344
Nebraska#85441 in 336
Iowa#86881 in 322
Maryland#89891 in 341
Montana#91211 in 309
Colorado#93541 in 368
Missouri#951161 in 382
Alabama#97811 in 424
Texas#982601 in 430
Louisiana#99971 in 392
Indiana#1041161 in 430
South Dakota#106181 in 393
Tennessee#106751 in 483
Kansas#109491 in 415
North Dakota#113161 in 407
Oklahoma#119431 in 485
Arkansas#123321 in 547
Alaska#12471 in 385
Kentucky#124571 in 559
North Carolina#130781 in 625
South Carolina#132441 in 590
Georgia#134721 in 619
Mississippi#138401 in 620
West Virginia#143251 in 673
New Mexico#175181 in 664

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 Suzanne
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 146 spots since 2024 (#2,533 → #2,387)
  • 1,111 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #2,387)
  • 36 spots since 2015 (#2,351 → #2,387)
  • Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1893 (#1,171 → #955)
  • Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1895 (#812 → #1,123)
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1946 at #52 (5,948 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1959–1973
  • Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1897–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 264
  • Highest: 1 in 264 girls born in 1946 were named Suzanne (0.38%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 27.2% of all girls named Suzanne (59,761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s70#530 (1882)#833
1890s104#812 (1894)#1,022
1900s268#500 (1909)#732
1910s1,398#434 (1918)#493
1920s4,390#259 (1929)#322
1930s12,760#122 (1939)#169
1940s41,405#52 (1946)#77
1950s50,330#71 (1950)#88
1960s59,761#62 (1966)#68
1970s29,034#87 (1970)#109
1980s12,984#139 (1980)#221
1990s4,248#370 (1990)#614
2000s1,457#1,019 (2000)#1,527
2010s738#2,032 (2013)#2,494
2020s362#2,387 (2025)#2,854

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.

Suzanne in 1961

girls
#68
6,611 births · 1 in 305 girls
boys
#2,148
15 births · 1 in 141,613 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #68Suzanne6,611

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #2,148Suzanne15
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 305 of them was named Suzanne, which outranked 99.1% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Suzanne
  1. #65Beth6,716
  2. #66Beverly6,708
  3. #67Valerie6,677
  4. #68Suzanne6,611
  5. #69Amy6,610
  6. #70Wanda6,467
  7. #71Lynn6,441
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 141,613 of them was named Suzanne, which outranked 53.9% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Suzanne
  1. #2,070York16
  2. #2,070Young16
  3. #2,070Yvonne16
  4. #2,148Suzanne15
  5. #2,148Ardell15
  6. #2,148Arlo15
  7. #2,148Arvid15
  8. #2,242Aldon14
  9. #2,242Andrei14
  10. #2,242Arland14

Tied with 93 names at #2,148; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →