Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Susan

#8 most common girls' name of all time · #33 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#8
Rank overall
#33 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,126,022
Since 2016
2,428
Peak year
1955 #5
Best rank
#2 1957
Girls Boys peak 47,483/yr
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Susan is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 222 — 222 #1,085
2024 216 — 216 #1,120
2023 223 — 223 #1,098
2022 212 — 212 #1,145
2021 226 — 226 #1,095
2020 262 — 262 #972
2019 245 — 245 #1,045
2018 235 — 235 #1,080
2017 276 5 281 #959
2016 306 — 306 #909
2015 301 — 301 #911
2014 327 5 332 #844
2013 319 — 319 #833
2012 329 — 329 #814
2011 357 — 357 #765
2010 356 — 356 #770
2009 380 — 380 #747
2008 432 — 432 #699
2007 468 — 468 #635
2006 497 — 497 #586
2005 487 — 487 #585
2004 536 7 543 #530
2003 576 — 576 #498
2002 615 — 615 #464
2001 639 — 639 #434
2000 693 — 693 #409
1999 707 — 707 #395
1998 758 — 758 #374
1997 807 — 807 #347
1996 963 — 963 #298
1995 894 — 894 #312
1994 1,025 — 1,025 #274
1993 1,200 8 1,208 #232
1992 1,373 7 1,380 #206
1991 1,479 — 1,479 #203
1990 1,687 13 1,700 #172
1989 1,800 15 1,815 #160
1988 2,060 16 2,076 #140
1987 2,247 11 2,258 #125
1986 2,389 17 2,406 #118
1985 2,661 18 2,679 #106
1984 3,116 15 3,131 #90
1983 3,358 14 3,372 #86
1982 3,970 17 3,987 #76
1981 4,244 15 4,259 #71
1980 4,704 19 4,723 #62
1979 5,196 23 5,219 #51
1978 5,418 21 5,439 #49
1977 5,961 19 5,980 #45
1976 6,402 19 6,421 #40
1975 7,488 32 7,520 #32
1974 8,470 36 8,506 #27
1973 9,279 31 9,310 #25
1972 10,574 44 10,618 #24
1971 13,782 45 13,827 #17
1970 15,738 52 15,790 #15
1969 17,806 50 17,856 #11
1968 19,503 57 19,560 #10
1967 22,262 64 22,326 #5
1966 23,776 67 23,843 #6
1965 26,321 53 26,374 #5
1964 31,515 84 31,599 #3
1963 33,991 80 34,071 #3
1962 35,752 86 35,838 #3
1961 37,532 87 37,619 #3
1960 39,208 81 39,289 #2
1959 41,617 87 41,704 #2
1958 45,175 87 45,262 #2
1957 45,954 97 46,051 #2
1956 46,558 67 46,625 #5
1955 47,418 65 47,483 #5
1954 47,162 66 47,228 #5
1953 44,297 70 44,367 #5
1952 41,348 55 41,403 #5
1951 40,228 44 40,272 #6
1950 38,017 57 38,074 #5
1949 37,709 52 37,761 #5
1948 35,988 56 36,044 #5
1947 31,952 64 32,016 #8
1946 28,267 59 28,326 #8
1945 19,222 55 19,277 #10
1944 16,330 55 16,385 #13
1943 14,888 50 14,938 #18
1942 12,015 54 12,069 #21
1941 8,889 39 8,928 #27
1940 6,756 27 6,783 #36
1939 4,887 20 4,907 #44
1938 3,555 16 3,571 #71
1937 2,641 10 2,651 #97
1936 2,153 12 2,165 #110
1935 1,801 5 1,806 #126
1934 1,492 9 1,501 #138
1933 1,264 5 1,269 #149
1932 1,227 9 1,236 #158
1931 1,005 — 1,005 #180
1930 1,003 — 1,003 #192
1929 874 — 874 #210
1928 812 — 812 #220
1927 868 6 874 #218
1926 858 — 858 #215
1925 862 — 862 #219
1924 832 — 832 #227
1923 811 — 811 #227
1922 795 — 795 #229
1921 846 — 846 #221
1920 850 — 850 #225
1919 824 — 824 #217
1918 912 — 912 #208
1917 837 — 837 #210
1916 844 — 844 #206
1915 817 5 822 #202
1914 661 — 661 #200
1913 543 — 543 #196
1912 522 — 522 #185
1911 459 — 459 #167
1910 395 — 395 #172
1909 380 — 380 #164
1908 350 — 350 #170
1907 355 — 355 #166
1906 326 — 326 #166
1905 320 — 320 #165
1904 324 — 324 #166
1903 305 — 305 #162
1902 335 — 335 #154
1901 342 — 342 #144
1900 410 — 410 #144
1899 350 — 350 #134
1898 382 — 382 #135
1897 341 5 346 #140
1896 343 — 343 #138
1895 393 — 393 #120
1894 357 — 357 #124
1893 356 — 356 #122
1892 366 — 366 #123
1891 370 — 370 #106
1890 354 — 354 #113
1889 356 — 356 #107
1888 363 — 363 #106
1887 335 — 335 #98
1886 323 — 323 #102
1885 302 — 302 #99
1884 326 — 326 #94
1883 322 — 322 #85
1882 326 — 326 #79
1881 292 — 292 #79
1880 286 — 286 #80