Girls' name · peaked in 1993
Susana name popularity since 1925
20,570 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Susana. Half of them were born in 1986 or earlier, so the typical Susana is about 40 years old in 2026. Susana peaked in 1993 as the #473 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,570
- Named Susana, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,254 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 20,518 girls · 52 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 4.63× its national share
Peak year is the year Susana 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.
Susana births per year, 1925–2025
1993 was the biggest year for Susana both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1969 and 1974, Susana became 2× more common, from 1 in 8,440 baby girls to 1 in 4,170.
- Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby girls fell by 45%, from 1 in 7,360 to 1 in 13,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Susana's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Susana.
Decade by decade
Babies named Susana 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 | 171 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 300 | 0 | #1,510 |
| 1940s | 417 | 0 | #1,308 |
| 1950s | 1,252 | 0 | #952 |
| 1960s | 1,979 | 0 | #724 |
| 1970s | 3,454 | 0 | #491 |
| 1980s | 4,065 | 46 | #531 |
| 1990s | 4,142 | 6 | #568 |
| 2000s | 2,848 | 0 | #867 |
| 2010s | 1,384 | 0 | #1,709 |
| 2020–25 | 506 | 0 | #2,254 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.0% of babies named Susana from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Susana is most popular
The index compares Susana'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 Susana.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 4.63× | 8,680 |
| Texas | 3.19× | 4,438 |
| Arizona | 2.51× | 576 |
| Florida | 1.15× | 738 |
| Illinois | 1.12× | 971 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Susana 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Susana (this page) | 20,518 | 1993 |
| Susanna | 17,748 | 1886 |
| Suzana | 1,224 | 1979 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Susana's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Susana.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Susana (1993).
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