Susanna

From Σουσάννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshanna), this name comes from שׁוֹשָׁן (shoshan), meaning “lily” and in modern Hebrew also “rose,” perhaps ultimately from Egyptian sšn, “lotus.” In the Old Testament Apocrypha, Susanna is a woman falsely accused of adultery and cleared by the prophet Daniel, whose scheme leads to the condemnation of her accusers; the name also appears in the New Testament as that of a woman who ministers to Jesus. As an English name, it was used occasionally in the Middle Ages in honor of the Old Testament heroine, but it did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation, when it was often spelled Susan.

Susanna moved from #883 to #980 for girls between 1996 and 1997. Its highest annual birth count came in 1958, with 311 births.