Girls' name · peaked in 1946
Suzanne name popularity since 1925
216,202 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Suzanne. Half of them were born in 1960 or earlier, so the typical Suzanne is about 66 years old in 2026. Suzanne peaked in 1946 as the #52 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 216,202
- Named Suzanne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,407 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 215,710 girls · 492 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 2.34× its national share
Peak year is the year Suzanne 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.
Suzanne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1962. Measured as a share of all babies, Suzanne peaked in 1946.
- Fastest rise: Between 1929 and 1934, Suzanne became 2.4× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1992 and 1997, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 3,230 to 1 in 6,420.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Suzanne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Suzanne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Suzanne 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 | 2,631 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 12,760 | 25 | #154 |
| 1940s | 41,405 | 98 | #68 |
| 1950s | 50,330 | 84 | #86 |
| 1960s | 59,761 | 128 | #65 |
| 1970s | 29,034 | 101 | #121 |
| 1980s | 12,984 | 56 | #235 |
| 1990s | 4,248 | 0 | #632 |
| 2000s | 1,457 | 0 | #1,655 |
| 2010s | 738 | 0 | #2,380 |
| 2020–25 | 362 | 0 | #2,407 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.3% of babies named Suzanne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Suzanne is most popular
The index compares Suzanne'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 Suzanne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 2.34× | 1,784 |
| New Hampshire | 1.86× | 1,264 |
| Massachusetts | 1.84× | 9,442 |
| Vermont | 1.82× | 654 |
| Maine | 1.79× | 1,653 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Suzanne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Suzanne (this page) | 215,710 | 1946 |
| Susanne | 25,249 | 1946 |
| Suzann | 4,029 | 1946 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Suzanne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Suzanne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Suzanne (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