first name
SUSAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 979,771 people named Susan, 91.5% reported their origin as White, 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Susan peaked in 1955, when 47,483 babies got the name.
At least 1,126,022 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Susan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #12. The largest share of babies named Susan, 66.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Susan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Susan has been most common in Rhode Island (1.8×), Massachusetts (1.8×), and Vermont (1.7×), and least common in Nevada (0.42×).
1,111,502 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Susan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Susan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Susan ranks #30,637 of 156,621, with 815 people. See Susan as a last name
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