Girls' name · peaked in 1881
Susie name popularity since 1925
49,143 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Susie. Half of them were born in 1951 or earlier, so the typical Susie is about 75 years old in 2026. Susie peaked in 1881 as the #68 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 49,143
- Named Susie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1881
- #68 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,922 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 48,979 girls · 164 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 4.20× its national share
Peak year is the year Susie 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.
Susie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1958. Measured as a share of all babies, Susie peaked earlier, in 1881.
- Steepest fall: Between 1964 and 1969, Susie's share of baby girls fell by 44%, from 1 in 2,180 to 1 in 3,910.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Susie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Susie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Susie 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 | 5,553 | 38 | – |
| 1930s | 7,920 | 62 | #224 |
| 1940s | 9,208 | 28 | #214 |
| 1950s | 10,296 | 19 | #288 |
| 1960s | 7,810 | 17 | #374 |
| 1970s | 2,976 | 0 | #578 |
| 1980s | 1,792 | 0 | #949 |
| 1990s | 1,164 | 0 | #1,548 |
| 2000s | 879 | 0 | #2,312 |
| 2010s | 858 | 0 | #2,076 |
| 2020–25 | 523 | 0 | #1,922 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
40.1% of babies named Susie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Susie is most popular
The index compares Susie'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 Susie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 4.20× | 2,315 |
| Alabama | 3.68× | 2,964 |
| South Carolina | 2.98× | 1,902 |
| New Mexico | 2.95× | 742 |
| Georgia | 2.70× | 3,396 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Susie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Susie (this page) | 48,979 | 1881 |
| Suzie | 3,934 | 1962 |
| Susy | 1,217 | 1976 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Susie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Susie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Susie (1881).
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