Susan

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,085in 2025
  • 1 in 7,239girls in 2025
  • −18%last ten years
  • 4.4×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1954. Quieter now: down 18% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

012,14324,28618801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Susan, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18803,143
18813,176
18823,023
18832,867
18842,527
18852,270
18862,235
18872,295
18882,032
18891,996
18901,859
18911,995
18921,724
18931,672
18941,601
18951,682
18961,442
18971,456
18981,476
18991,502
19001,368
19011,429
19021,269
19031,164
19041,177
19051,097
19061,104
19071,114
19081,047
19091,094
1910996
19111,097
1912935
1913869
1914868
1915830
1916808
1917774
1918788
1919729
1920709
1921686
1922662
1923672
1924666
1925708
1926724
1927728
1928704
1929783
1930891
1931944
19321,150
19331,254
19341,429
19351,718
19362,069
19372,482
19383,222
19394,456
19405,908
19417,358
19428,895
194310,670
194412,304
194514,706
194617,990
194718,024
194821,195
194922,041
195022,193
195122,338
195222,298
195323,546
195424,286
195524,251
195623,190
195722,473
195822,457
195920,567
196019,391
196118,594
196218,180
196317,635
196416,632
196514,911
196614,051
196713,484
196811,889
196910,555
19709,003
19718,283
19726,951
19736,363
19745,772
19755,136
19764,370
19773,888
19783,537
19793,237
19802,833
19812,544
19822,344
19832,010
19841,851
19851,546
19861,393
19871,292
19881,157
1989976
1990889
1991789
1992745
1993663
1994574
1995508
1996549
1997464
1998429
1999399
2000382
2001355
2002342
2003315
2004292
2005264
2006261
2007243
2008228
2009207
2010200
2011203
2012187
2013182
2014183
2015169
2016173
2017160
2018138
2019146
2020162
2021138
2022129
2023139
2024133
2025138

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 4.4×
  2. Indiana 2.5×
  3. Ohio 2.4×
  4. New York 1.4×
  5. Texas 0.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
222
Rank in 2025
#1,085
How rare
1 in 7,239 girls
Since 1880
1,123,481

Most popular in 1954, at 24,286 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 18% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania4.4×84
Indiana2.5×29
Ohio2.4×46
New York1.4×46
Texas0.8×55

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