Susan · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Susan.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1897

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 67 recorded years as a table

Susan, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1897	44
1915	6
1927	5
1932	9
1933	5
1934	9
1935	5
1936	12
1937	9
1938	14
1939	18
1940	23
1941	32
1942	39
1943	35
1944	40
1945	41
1946	36
1947	35
1948	32
1949	29
1950	32
1951	23
1952	28
1953	35
1954	32
1955	32
1956	32
1957	45
1958	41
1959	41
1960	38
1961	41
1962	42
1963	39
1964	42
1965	28
1966	38
1967	37
1968	33
1969	28
1970	28
1971	25
1972	27
1973	20
1974	23
1975	20
1976	12
1977	12
1978	13
1979	13
1980	11
1981	8
1982	9
1983	8
1984	8
1985	10
1986	9
1987	6
1988	8
1989	7
1990	6
1992	4
1993	4
2004	4
2014	3
2017	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Susan isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Susan

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017: 5
Rank in 2017: #12,246
How rare: 1 in 370,191 boys
Since 1897: 2,541

Susan was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1957, at 45 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Susan doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.