Susan was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #2 in 1957 but is far less common today.
Susan is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,091 for girl births in the United States (and #2,066 across all names), given to 222 babies. Susan was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1955 (47,418 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | 222 | #1,091 | — |
| 2024 | 216 | 216 | #1,123 | — |
| 2023 | 223 | 223 | #1,105 | — |
| 2022 | 212 | 212 | #1,150 | — |
| 2021 | 226 | 226 | #1,098 | — |
| 2020 | 262 | 262 | #975 | — |
| 2019 | 245 | 245 | #1,049 | — |
| 2018 | 235 | 235 | #1,082 | — |
| 2017 | 281 | 281 | #963 | #13,998 |
| 2016 | 306 | 306 | #909 | — |
| 2015 | 301 | 301 | #913 | — |
| 2014 | 332 | 332 | #847 | #13,806 |
| 2013 | 319 | 319 | #834 | — |
| 2012 | 329 | 329 | #816 | — |
| 2011 | 357 | 357 | #765 | — |
| 2010 | 356 | 356 | #772 | — |
| 2009 | 380 | 380 | #749 | — |
| 2008 | 432 | 432 | #700 | — |
| 2007 | 468 | 468 | #637 | — |
| 2006 | 497 | 497 | #587 | — |
| 2005 | 487 | 487 | #586 | — |
| 2004 | 543 | 543 | #530 | #9,806 |
| 2003 | 576 | 576 | #498 | — |
| 2002 | 615 | 615 | #464 | — |
| 2001 | 639 | 639 | #436 | — |
| 2000 | 693 | 693 | #409 | — |
| 1999 | 707 | 707 | #395 | — |
| 1998 | 758 | 758 | #374 | — |
| 1997 | 807 | — | #347 | — |
| 1996 | 963 | — | #298 | — |
| 1995 | 894 | — | #312 | — |
| 1994 | 1,025 | — | #274 | — |
| 1993 | 1,208 | — | #233 | #6,739 |
| 1992 | 1,380 | — | #206 | #7,302 |
| 1991 | 1,479 | — | #203 | — |
| 1990 | 1,700 | — | #172 | #4,372 |
| 1989 | 1,815 | — | #161 | #3,787 |
| 1988 | 2,076 | — | #140 | #3,329 |
| 1987 | 2,258 | — | #125 | #4,202 |
| 1986 | 2,406 | — | #118 | #2,993 |
| 1985 | 2,679 | — | #106 | #2,814 |
| 1984 | 3,131 | — | #90 | #3,087 |
| 1983 | 3,372 | — | #86 | #3,206 |
| 1982 | 3,987 | — | #76 | #2,810 |
| 1981 | 4,259 | — | #71 | #3,012 |
| 1980 | 4,723 | — | #62 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 5,219 | — | #51 | #2,226 |
| 1978 | 5,439 | — | #49 | #2,266 |
| 1977 | 5,980 | — | #45 | #2,447 |
| 1976 | 6,421 | — | #40 | #2,406 |
| 1975 | 7,520 | — | #32 | #1,624 |
| 1974 | 8,506 | — | #27 | #1,464 |
| 1973 | 9,310 | — | #25 | #1,583 |
| 1972 | 10,618 | — | #24 | #1,260 |
| 1971 | 13,827 | — | #17 | #1,252 |
| 1970 | 15,790 | — | #15 | #1,155 |
| 1969 | 17,856 | — | #11 | #1,107 |
| 1968 | 19,560 | — | #10 | #984 |
| 1967 | 22,326 | — | #5 | #909 |
| 1966 | 23,843 | — | #6 | #886 |
| 1965 | 26,374 | — | #5 | #1,017 |
| 1964 | 31,599 | — | #3 | #830 |
| 1963 | 34,071 | — | #3 | #850 |
| 1962 | 35,838 | — | #3 | #821 |
| 1961 | 37,619 | — | #3 | #823 |
| 1960 | 39,289 | — | #2 | #841 |
| 1959 | 41,704 | — | #2 | #822 |
| 1958 | 45,262 | — | #2 | #806 |
| 1957 | 46,051 | — | #2 | #765 |
| 1956 | 46,625 | — | #5 | #915 |
| 1955 | 47,483 | — | #5 | #930 |
| 1954 | 47,228 | — | #5 | #915 |
| 1953 | 44,367 | — | #5 | #862 |
| 1952 | 41,403 | — | #5 | #967 |
| 1951 | 40,272 | — | #6 | #1,094 |
| 1950 | 38,074 | — | #5 | #916 |
| 1949 | 37,761 | — | #5 | #965 |
| 1948 | 36,044 | — | #5 | #932 |
| 1947 | 32,016 | — | #8 | #875 |
| 1946 | 28,326 | — | #8 | #860 |
| 1945 | 19,277 | — | #10 | #849 |
| 1944 | 16,385 | — | #13 | #859 |
| 1943 | 14,938 | — | #18 | #952 |
| 1942 | 12,069 | — | #21 | #908 |
| 1941 | 8,928 | — | #27 | #1,046 |
| 1940 | 6,783 | — | #36 | #1,307 |
| 1939 | 4,907 | — | #44 | #1,528 |
| 1938 | 3,571 | — | #71 | #1,805 |
| 1937 | 2,651 | — | #97 | #2,461 |
| 1936 | 2,165 | — | #110 | #2,167 |
| 1935 | 1,806 | — | #126 | #4,089 |
| 1934 | 1,501 | — | #138 | #2,726 |
| 1933 | 1,269 | — | #149 | #4,098 |
| 1932 | 1,236 | — | #158 | #2,820 |
| 1931 | 1,005 | — | #180 | — |
| 1930 | 1,003 | — | #192 | — |
| 1929 | 874 | — | #210 | — |
| 1928 | 812 | — | #220 | — |
| 1927 | 874 | — | #218 | #4,160 |
| 1926 | 858 | — | #215 | — |
| 1925 | 862 | — | #219 | — |
| 1924 | 832 | — | #227 | — |
| 1923 | 811 | — | #228 | — |
| 1922 | 795 | — | #229 | — |
| 1921 | 846 | — | #222 | — |
| 1920 | 850 | — | #225 | — |
| 1919 | 824 | — | #217 | — |
| 1918 | 912 | — | #208 | — |
| 1917 | 837 | — | #210 | — |
| 1916 | 844 | — | #207 | — |
| 1915 | 822 | — | #202 | #4,326 |
| 1914 | 661 | — | #200 | — |
| 1913 | 543 | — | #196 | — |
| 1912 | 522 | — | #186 | — |
| 1911 | 459 | — | #167 | — |
| 1910 | 395 | — | #173 | — |
| 1909 | 380 | — | #164 | — |
| 1908 | 350 | — | #170 | — |
| 1907 | 355 | — | #167 | — |
| 1906 | 326 | — | #166 | — |
| 1905 | 320 | — | #165 | — |
| 1904 | 324 | — | #166 | — |
| 1903 | 305 | — | #163 | — |
| 1902 | 335 | — | #155 | — |
| 1901 | 342 | — | #145 | — |
| 1900 | 410 | — | #144 | — |
| 1899 | 350 | — | #134 | — |
| 1898 | 382 | — | #135 | — |
| 1897 | 346 | — | #140 | #1,212 |
| 1896 | 343 | — | #138 | — |
| 1895 | 393 | — | #120 | — |
| 1894 | 357 | — | #125 | — |
| 1893 | 356 | — | #122 | — |
| 1892 | 366 | — | #123 | — |
| 1891 | 370 | — | #106 | — |
| 1890 | 354 | — | #115 | — |
| 1889 | 356 | — | #107 | — |
| 1888 | 363 | — | #106 | — |
| 1887 | 335 | — | #99 | — |
| 1886 | 323 | — | #102 | — |
| 1885 | 302 | — | #100 | — |
| 1884 | 326 | — | #94 | — |
| 1883 | 322 | — | #85 | — |
| 1882 | 326 | — | #79 | — |
| 1881 | 292 | — | #79 | — |
| 1880 | 286 | — | #80 | — |