Susan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOO-zan
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,085 for girls
Susan is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 1,085th for girls in the US (222 babies).
What does Susan mean?
Hebrew: English form of Susanna, from Shoshannah
“lily”
The English form of Susanna, from Hebrew Shoshannah; in modern Hebrew shoshana also means rose.
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Is Susan a girl's or a boy's name?
Susan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 222 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Susan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Susan, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 113 girls.
Half of all the girls named Susan in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#7), 1954 (#1), 1964 (#1), 1974 (#20) and 1984 (#82).
Susan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 44 | #844 |
| 2008 | 46 | #810 |
| 2007 | 44 | #799 |
| 2006 | 51 | #682 |
| 2005 | 39 | #793 |
| 2004 | 39 | #774 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 45 | #661 |
| 2001 | 56 | #564 |
| 2000 | 59 | #538 |
| 1999 | 76 | #454 |
| 1998 | 71 | #472 |
| 1997 | 81 | #440 |
| 1996 | 113 | #345 |
How popular is Susan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,085among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 222about 1 in 7,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 222 girls in the US were named Susan, making it the 1,085th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 972nd. Its busiest year was 1955, with 47,418 girls.
Half of all the girls named Susan in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 228 girls in the US were given Susan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #1,085 for this spelling alone.
- Susan 222
- Susann 6
Susan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | #1,085 |
| 2024 | 216 | #1,120 |
| 2023 | 223 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 212 | #1,145 |
| 2021 | 226 | #1,095 |
| 2020 | 262 | #972 |
| 2019 | 245 | #1,045 |
| 2018 | 235 | #1,080 |
| 2017 | 276 | #959 |
| 2016 | 306 | #909 |
| 2015 | 301 | #911 |
| 2014 | 327 | #844 |
| 2013 | 319 | #833 |
| 2012 | 329 | #814 |
| 2011 | 357 | #765 |
| 2010 | 356 | #769 |
| 2009 | 380 | #747 |
| 2008 | 432 | #699 |
| 2007 | 468 | #635 |
| 2006 | 497 | #586 |
| 2005 | 487 | #585 |
| 2004 | 536 | #530 |
| 2003 | 576 | #498 |
| 2002 | 615 | #464 |
| 2001 | 639 | #434 |
| 2000 | 693 | #409 |
| 1999 | 707 | #395 |
| 1998 | 758 | #374 |
| 1997 | 807 | #347 |
| 1996 | 963 | #298 |
| 1995 | 894 | #312 |
| 1994 | 1,025 | #274 |
| 1993 | 1,200 | #232 |
| 1992 | 1,373 | #206 |
| 1991 | 1,479 | #203 |
| 1990 | 1,687 | #172 |
| 1989 | 1,800 | #160 |
| 1988 | 2,060 | #140 |
| 1987 | 2,247 | #125 |
| 1986 | 2,389 | #118 |
| 1985 | 2,661 | #106 |
| 1984 | 3,116 | #90 |
| 1983 | 3,358 | #86 |
| 1982 | 3,970 | #76 |
| 1981 | 4,244 | #71 |
| 1980 | 4,704 | #62 |
| 1979 | 5,196 | #51 |
| 1978 | 5,418 | #49 |
| 1977 | 5,961 | #45 |
| 1976 | 6,402 | #40 |
| 1975 | 7,488 | #32 |
| 1974 | 8,470 | #27 |
| 1973 | 9,279 | #25 |
| 1972 | 10,574 | #24 |
| 1971 | 13,782 | #17 |
| 1970 | 15,738 | #15 |
| 1969 | 17,806 | #11 |
| 1968 | 19,503 | #10 |
| 1967 | 22,262 | #5 |
| 1966 | 23,776 | #6 |
| 1965 | 26,321 | #5 |
| 1964 | 31,515 | #3 |
| 1963 | 33,991 | #3 |
| 1962 | 35,752 | #3 |
| 1961 | 37,532 | #3 |
| 1960 | 39,208 | #2 |
| 1959 | 41,617 | #2 |
| 1958 | 45,175 | #2 |
| 1957 | 45,954 | #2 |
| 1956 | 46,558 | #5 |
| 1955 | 47,418 | #5 |
| 1954 | 47,162 | #5 |
| 1953 | 44,297 | #5 |
| 1952 | 41,348 | #5 |
| 1951 | 40,228 | #6 |
| 1950 | 38,017 | #5 |
| 1949 | 37,709 | #5 |
| 1948 | 35,988 | #5 |
| 1947 | 31,952 | #8 |
| 1946 | 28,267 | #8 |
| 1945 | 19,222 | #10 |
| 1944 | 16,330 | #13 |
| 1943 | 14,888 | #18 |
| 1942 | 12,015 | #21 |
| 1941 | 8,889 | #27 |
| 1940 | 6,756 | #36 |
| 1939 | 4,887 | #44 |
| 1938 | 3,555 | #71 |
| 1937 | 2,641 | #97 |
| 1936 | 2,153 | #110 |
| 1935 | 1,801 | #126 |
| 1934 | 1,492 | #138 |
| 1933 | 1,264 | #149 |
| 1932 | 1,227 | #158 |
| 1931 | 1,005 | #180 |
| 1930 | 1,003 | #192 |
| 1929 | 874 | #210 |
| 1928 | 812 | #220 |
| 1927 | 868 | #218 |
| 1926 | 858 | #215 |
| 1925 | 862 | #219 |
| 1924 | 832 | #227 |
| 1923 | 811 | #227 |
| 1922 | 795 | #229 |
| 1921 | 846 | #221 |
| 1920 | 850 | #225 |
| 1919 | 824 | #217 |
| 1918 | 912 | #208 |
| 1917 | 837 | #210 |
| 1916 | 844 | #206 |
| 1915 | 817 | #202 |
| 1914 | 661 | #200 |
| 1913 | 543 | #196 |
| 1912 | 522 | #185 |
| 1911 | 459 | #167 |
| 1910 | 395 | #172 |
| 1909 | 380 | #164 |
| 1908 | 350 | #170 |
| 1907 | 355 | #166 |
| 1906 | 326 | #166 |
| 1905 | 320 | #165 |
| 1904 | 324 | #166 |
| 1903 | 305 | #162 |
| 1902 | 335 | #154 |
| 1901 | 342 | #144 |
| 1900 | 410 | #144 |
| 1899 | 350 | #134 |
| 1898 | 382 | #135 |
| 1897 | 341 | #140 |
| 1896 | 343 | #138 |
| 1895 | 393 | #120 |
| 1894 | 357 | #124 |
| 1893 | 356 | #122 |
| 1892 | 366 | #123 |
| 1891 | 370 | #106 |
| 1890 | 354 | #113 |
| 1889 | 356 | #107 |
| 1888 | 363 | #106 |
| 1887 | 335 | #98 |
| 1886 | 323 | #102 |
| 1885 | 302 | #99 |
| 1884 | 326 | #94 |
| 1883 | 322 | #85 |
| 1882 | 326 | #79 |
| 1881 | 292 | #79 |
| 1880 | 286 | #80 |
Nicknames for Susan
Names like Susan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sarah Elizabeth Mary Anna Sara Betsy Nancy Sally Michelle Charlotte Sharon Polly
Names related to Susan
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Susan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/susan, updated 20 October 2026.