Meaning and history
Susan is the English variant of Susanna and has been the most common spelling since the 18th century. It was especially popular in both the United States and the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the 1960s. A notable bearer was the American feminist Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906).
20062006: 497 births, rank #586
2007: 468 births, rank #635
2008: 432 births, rank #699
2009: 380 births, rank #747
2010: 356 births, rank #769
20112011: 357 births, rank #765
2012: 329 births, rank #814
2013: 319 births, rank #833
2014: 327 births, rank #844
2015: 301 births, rank #911
20162016: 306 births, rank #909
2017: 276 births, rank #959
2018: 235 births, rank #1,080
2019: 245 births, rank #1,045
2020: 262 births, rank #972
20212021: 226 births, rank #1,095
2022: 212 births, rank #1,145
2023: 223 births, rank #1,098
2024: 216 births, rank #1,120
20252025: 222 births, rank #1,085
Susan moved from #963 to #975 for girls between 2017 and 2020. Its highest annual birth count came in 1955, with 47,418 births.