Girls' name · peaked in 1954
Susan name popularity since 1925
1,104,774 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Susan. Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Susan is about 69 years old in 2026. Susan peaked in 1954 as the #5 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 1,104,774
- Named Susan, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,091 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 1,102,243 girls · 2,531 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 1.87× its national share
Peak year is the year Susan made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Susan births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1955. Measured as a share of all babies, Susan peaked in 1954.
- Fastest rise: Between 1937 and 1942, Susan became 3.6× more common, from 1 in 403 baby girls to 1 in 112.
- Steepest fall: Between 1967 and 1972, its share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 74 to 1 in 144.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Susan's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Susan.
Decade by decade
Babies named Susan in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 4,274 | 6 | – |
| 1930s | 21,028 | 86 | #126 |
| 1940s | 212,016 | 511 | #10 |
| 1950s | 437,774 | 695 | #5 |
| 1960s | 287,666 | 709 | #5 |
| 1970s | 88,308 | 322 | #32 |
| 1980s | 30,549 | 157 | #106 |
| 1990s | 10,893 | 28 | #312 |
| 2000s | 5,323 | 7 | #586 |
| 2010s | 3,051 | 10 | #913 |
| 2020–25 | 1,361 | 0 | #1,091 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
68.0% of babies named Susan from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Susan is most popular
The index compares Susan's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Susan.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 1.87× | 7,373 |
| Massachusetts | 1.84× | 48,659 |
| Vermont | 1.81× | 3,360 |
| Connecticut | 1.73× | 20,898 |
| Wisconsin | 1.68× | 36,927 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Susan and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Susan (this page) | 1,102,243 | 1954 |
| Suzan | 9,035 | 1955 |
| Susann | 3,010 | 1943 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Susan's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Susan.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Susan (1954).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data