Susan
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Susan
Although Susan had her heyday from the thirties to the sixties, and is now common among moms and new grandmas, and though most modern parents would prefer Susanna/Susannah, we have spotted some flickers of interest in a revival. It still retains a certain black-eyed-Susan freshness.
Susan has a substantial literary resume, including appearances in George Eliot's Mill on the Floss, Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers, Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge and Jude the Obscure, and Charlotte Bronte's Shirley.
Susan's many nicknames include Sue, Susie, Suzy, Sukie, and Zuzu—many of which have been celebrated in song. Among Susan's notable namesakes are activist Susan B. Anthony, writer Sontag, and actress Sarandon.
Susan is also given to boys.
Pronounced SOO-zun.
As of October 2026, Susan ranked #1091 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2 in 1957, Nameberry popularity #267.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #847 | 327 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #919 | 300 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #909 | 306 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #963 | 276 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,082 | 235 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,052 | 244 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #975 | 262 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,097 | 226 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,156 | 211 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,104 | 223 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,136 | 213 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,091 | 222 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Susan for girls
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Susan on lists
Famous Susans
- Susan Brownell AnthonyGirl
American suffragist
- Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner)Girl
American actress
- Susan Nicole DowneyGirl
American film producer, wife of actor Robert Downey
- Susan HampshireGirl
Lady Kulukundis, English actress
- Susan JaffeGirl
American ballerina
- Susanna "Susan" KohnerGirl
American actress
- Susan Victoria LucciGirl
American actress
- Susan Sessions ZuccottiGirl
American Holocaust historian
- Susan Margaret CollinsGirl
U.S. Senator from Maine
- Susan VreelandGirl
American novelist
- Susan BennettGirl
American voice artist of Apple's Siri
- Susan BranchGirl
American cookbook author
- Susan Abigail SarandonGirl
American actress
- Susan SolomonGirl
American atmospheric chemist
- Susan Cabot (born Harriet Shapiro)Girl
American actress
- Susan Scott RaeGirl
Scottish TV anchor
- Susan Melody GeorgeGirl
English actress
- Susan Horowitz CainGirl
American author and psychologist
- (Marian) Susan MaughanGirl
English singer
- Susan RothenbergGirl
American painter
- Susan JacobyGirl
American author
- Susan JeffersGirl
American psychologist and author
- Susan Ashton (born Susan Rae Hill)Girl
American Christian singer
- Susan SontagGirl
American author
- Susan FlanneryGirl
American actress
- Susan C. FaludiGirl
American journalist and author
- Susan Michaela SullivanGirl
American actress
- Susan Oliver (born Charlotte Gercke)Girl
American actress
- Susan Hallock DeyGirl
American actress
- Susan OrleanGirl
American journalist and author
- Zsuzsanna "Susan" PolgarGirl
Hungarian,American chess champion and author
- Susan PowterGirl
Australian nutritionist, author and TV host
- Susan TedeschiGirl
American blues musician
- Susan Jillian TyrrellGirl
American actress
- Susan L. TaylorGirl
American magazine journalist and editor
- Susan GrahamGirl
American operatic mezzo,soprano
- Susan Melinda YeagleyGirl
American actress
- Susan UrsittiGirl
American actress
- Susan IsaacsGirl
American novelist
- Susan E. IsaacsGirl
American actress
- Susan WiggsGirl
American novelist
- Susan CheeverGirl
American novelist, daughter of novelist John Cheever
- Susan Elizabeth PhillipsGirl
American novelist
- Susan Farrell EganGirl
American actress and singer
- Susan Elizabeth RiceGirl
U.S. National Security Adviser
- Susan Lisa RosenbergGirl
American radical
- Susan Ann SulleyGirl
English singer of The Human League
- Susan Saint James (born Susan Jane Miller)Girl
American actress
- Susan CoolidgeGirl
pen name of American children's author Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
- Susan LittlerGirl
English actress
- Susan Jane HelmsGirl
American astronaut
- Susan Marie OlsenGirl
American actress
- Susan Magdalane BoyleGirl
Scottish singer
- Susan McFaddenGirl
Irish singer/actress
- Susan CooksonGirl
English actress
- Susan Diane WojcickiGirl
American businesswoman and CEO of YouTube
- Susan Elizabeth Ford BalesGirl
daughter of U.S. President Gerald Ford
- Susan "Susie" EssmanGirl
American comedienne and actress
- Susan Grace CalmanGirl
Scottish comedian
- Janet Susan Mary "Viva" HoffmanGirl
American actress
- Susan Eloise "S.E." HintonGirl
American novelist
- Susan Fromberg SchaefferGirl
American novelist
- Susan Kay "Suzi" QuatroGirl
English singer,songwriter and bassist
- Susan Martha "Susie" McEntireGirl
American Christian singer
- Susan Kay "Suzy" BoggussGirl
American country music singer
- Susan Elizabeth "Suzy" AmisGirl
American actress, wife of director James Cameron
- Linda Susan AgarGirl
elder daughter of child star Shirley Temple
- Susan EstrichGirl
an American lawyer, professor, author, political operative, feminist advocate, and political commentator for Fox News
- Susan HarrisGirl
American television comedy writer and producer, creator of "The Golden Girls"
- Susan PetersGirl
American actress
- Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" WeaverGirl
American actress
- Susan MikulaGirl
American photographer/artist
- Susan Debra SchofieldGirl
Cabana, mother of January Schofield
Susan in pop culture
- Susan PevensieGirl
character in the Chronicles of Narnia series
- Susan KeaneGirl
main character on TV's "Suddenly Susan"
- Susan FrankensteinGirl
character in movie "Frankenweenie"
- Susan BonesGirl
character in the Harry Potter series
- Susan BunchGirl
character on TV's "Friends"
- Susan CalvinGirl
character in the I, Robot Series
- Susan CresswellGirl
character on TV's "I'm Alan Partridge"
- Susan DelgadoGirl
character in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series
- Susan FischerGirl
character on TV's "Orange is the New Black"
- Susan IvanovaGirl
character on TV show "Babylon 5"
- Susan ForemanGirl
character on TV's "Doctor Who"
- Susan KennedyGirl
character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Susan ColeGirl
character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Susan MayerGirl
character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
- Susan MooreGirl
character on American soap opera "General Hospital"
- Susan Murphy aka GinormicaGirl
character in animated movie "Monsters vs. Aliens"
- Susan RossGirl
character on TV's "Seinfeld"
- Susan "Sue" Storm aka The Invisible WomanGirl
character in Fantastic Four comics
- Susan AshwoodGirl
character in the Power of Five series by Anthony Horowitz
- Susan MortlakeGirl
character in the Power of Five series
- Susan WainwrightGirl
character in "The Sims 3" computer game
- Susan "LaF" LaFontaineGirl
character on TV's "Camilla"
- Susan Elinor "Suellen" O'Hara BenteenGirl
character in "Gone with the Wind"
- Susan VanceGirl
character in "Bringing Up Baby"
- Susan MullucksGirl
thalidomide baby on TV's "Call the midwife"
- "To Susan on the West CoastGirl
Waiting," song by Donovan
- Susan G. KomenGirl
breast cancer organization
- Lazy SusanGirl
rotating table tray
- BlackGirl
eyed Susan, flower
- Susan LewisGirl
character on TV's "ER"
- Susan Elizabeth WalkerGirl
character in 1994 remake of "Miracle on 34th Street"
- Susan HeffleyGirl
a character from Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- "Poor Susan"Girl
A ballad in William Wordsworth's collection of poems, "Lyrical Ballads"
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- SueGirl
- SusyGirl
- SusieGirl
- SukiGirl
- SukieGirl
- SawsanGirl
- Shu ShuGirl
- SiouxGirl
- SiouxsieGirl
- SiusanGirl
- SonelGirl
- SoosanGirl
- SoosannaGirl
- SosanGirl
- SosanaGirl
- SosannaGirl
- SuannyGirl
- SuesanGirl
- SuesannGirl
- SuesonneGirl
- SuevaGirl
- SuezanneGirl
- SuisanGirl
- SukeGirl
- SukeeGirl
- SukeyGirl
- SunelGirl
- SusanettaGirl
- SusankaGirl
- SusannaGirl
- SusannaghGirl
- SusannahGirl
- SuseeGirl
- SusenGirl
- SusetteGirl
- SusiGirl
- SusonGirl
- SuzanGirl
- SuzaneGirl
- SuzannaGirl
- SuzannahGirl
- SuzeGirl
- SuzeeGirl
- SuzettaGirl
- SuzieGirl
- SuzonGirl
- SuzyGirl
- SuzzanneGirl
- ZannaGirl
- ZanneGirl
- ZannieGirl