How rare is the name Suzan?

10,523 people in the United States have the first name Suzan, about 1 in 28,702. It ranks #2,378 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SUZAN

#2,378

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,523
About
1 in 28,702
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,523 people named Suzan, 86.2% reported their origin as White, 4% as Black and 3.2% 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.

Suzan peaked in 1955, when 484 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18982024
Peak year
1955
Births that year
484
In 2024
5 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,081 babies have been given the name since 1898. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Suzan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #854. The largest share of babies named Suzan, 64.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,9395
1910s#9,47512
1920s#6,90861
1930s#3,056207
1940s#1,0631,653
1950s#8543,571
1960s#1,2432,018
1970s#2,492658
1980s#4,520331
1990s#7,070242
2000s#11,168174
2010s#15,121118
2020s#22,79531
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–459.6%
Baby boom 1946–6464.1%
Generation X 1965–8016.2%
Millennials 1981–965.1%
Generation Z 1997–123.1%
2013 and later1.2%

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 Suzan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Suzan has been most common in Michigan (1.9×), California (1.6×), and Washington (1.6×), and least common in North Carolina (0.19×).

6,069 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 Suzan

#2,376 Rafaela · 10,532#2,377 Amiyah · 10,530#2,379 Gus · 10,519#2,380 Kaylyn · 10,517

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Suzan, most common first.

#26 Susan · 979,771#5,174 Suzann · 3,372#5,942 Suzana · 2,772#14,618 Sujan · 803#15,649 Suzane · 732#40,182 Suzen · 186#45,183 Suzon · 151#52,745 Suzin · 105

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