Susannah Girl
How popular is Susannah?
#2,514 girl name in 2025
70 baby girls were named Susannah in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
Susannah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,514 for girls (▲ 208 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 70 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,294 in 2015, #2,257 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1975 (152 girls) |
| Highest rank | #740 in 1882 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Susannah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Susanna family of names ranked #635 for girls in 2025 (#692 the year before), with 433 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Susanna | 197 | 45% |
| Susana | 82 | 19% |
| Susannah | 70 | 16% |
| Suzanna | 61 | 14% |
| Suzannah | 12 | 3% |
| Suzana | 11 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Susannah is most popular
Babies named Susannah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Susannah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 34 | #740 |
| 1890s | 31 | #1,202 |
| 1900s | 33 | #1,592 |
| 1910s | 74 | #2,033 |
| 1920s | 99 | #2,366 |
| 1930s | 137 | #1,474 |
| 1940s | 253 | #1,418 |
| 1950s | 320 | #1,502 |
| 1960s | 758 | #923 |
| 1970s | 1,422 | #862 |
| 1980s | 1,226 | #1,036 |
| 1990s | 1,242 | #1,201 |
| 2000s | 953 | #1,540 |
| 2010s | 831 | #1,886 |
| 2020s | 371 | #2,257 |
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Questions
- Is Susannah a boy or girl name?
- Susannah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Susannah were girls.
- How popular is the name Susannah?
- 70 baby girls were named Susannah in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
- When was Susannah most popular?
- Susannah peaked in 1975, when 152 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #740 in 1882.
- How many people are named Susannah?
- 7,784 babies have been named Susannah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,050 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Susannah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Susannah was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.