Girls' name · peaked in 1886
Susanna name popularity since 1925
17,748 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Susanna. Half of them were born in 1980 or earlier, so the typical Susanna is about 46 years old in 2026. Susanna peaked in 1886 as the #336 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,748
- Named Susanna, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1886
- #336 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,181 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 17,748 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 1.90× its national share
Peak year is the year Susanna 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.
Susanna births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1958. Measured as a share of all babies, Susanna peaked earlier, in 1886.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Susanna became 2× more common, from 1 in 15,700 baby girls to 1 in 7,690.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Susanna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Susanna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Susanna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 346 | – |
| 1930s | 604 | #964 |
| 1940s | 1,189 | #687 |
| 1950s | 1,862 | #825 |
| 1960s | 2,151 | #689 |
| 1970s | 2,466 | #638 |
| 1980s | 2,496 | #735 |
| 1990s | 2,053 | #938 |
| 2000s | 1,835 | #1,251 |
| 2010s | 1,736 | #1,254 |
| 2020–25 | 1,010 | #1,181 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
21.4% of babies named Susanna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Susanna is most popular
The index compares Susanna'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 Susanna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1.90× | 2,500 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.78× | 1,128 |
| Texas | 1.48× | 1,445 |
| Indiana | 1.46× | 431 |
| New York | 1.43× | 1,348 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Susanna 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Susanna (this page) | 17,748 | 1886 |
| Susana | 20,518 | 1993 |
| Suzanna | 9,393 | 1973 |
| Susannah | 7,558 | 1975 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Susanna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Susanna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Susanna (1886).
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