Girls' name · peaked in 1946
Susanne name popularity since 1925
25,249 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Susanne. Half of them were born in 1958 or earlier, so the typical Susanne is about 68 years old in 2026. Susanne peaked in 1946 as the #281 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,249
- Named Susanne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #11,815 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 25,249 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 2.15× its national share
Peak year is the year Susanne 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.
Susanne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1949. Measured as a share of all babies, Susanne peaked in 1946.
- Fastest rise: Between 1931 and 1936, Susanne became 1.8× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1977 and 1982, its share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 5,720 to 1 in 11,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Susanne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Susanne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Susanne in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 371 | – |
| 1930s | 1,646 | #497 |
| 1940s | 5,322 | #303 |
| 1950s | 6,296 | #343 |
| 1960s | 6,166 | #375 |
| 1970s | 3,424 | #603 |
| 1980s | 1,234 | #1,258 |
| 1990s | 452 | #3,210 |
| 2000s | 177 | #7,457 |
| 2010s | 112 | Under 5 |
| 2020–25 | 49 | #11,815 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
47.7% of babies named Susanne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Susanne is most popular
The index compares Susanne'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 Susanne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2.15× | 1,116 |
| Connecticut | 2.07× | 491 |
| New York | 2.00× | 3,319 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.94× | 2,151 |
| New Jersey | 1.86× | 1,119 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Susanne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Susanne (this page) | 25,249 | 1946 |
| Suzanne | 215,710 | 1946 |
| Susann | 3,010 | 1943 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Susanne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Susanne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Susanne (1946).
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