Susie
Susie was the 1922nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 101 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 67th; the most babies were born in 1919 (1,476). Over the last ten years it has moved up 154 places. More babies were named Susie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning pet form of Susan; "lily" · Hebrew, English
Say it SOO-zee /ˈsuzi/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,922 girls, up 174 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 101girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19191,476 babies
- Total since 1880
- 86,067babies recorded
What does the name Susie mean?
Susie is an English pet form of Susan, and is also used for related names such as Susanna and Suzanne. Susan comes from the biblical Susanna, from the Hebrew shoshannah, a word for the lily (DMNES also allows "rose"; Wiktionary traces the word further back to Egyptian). DMNES finds Susanna in England from the 12th century, though it was uncommon there until the 1500s. Susie grew up as the everyday form and has been given as a name in its own right.
שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Biblical Hebrew, “lily (shoshannah)”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Susan, Susanna, Suzanne, Suzy, Sue.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean flower.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Susie', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Susan', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Susan', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Susie', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Susie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 278 since 1892.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,922 | 101 |
| 2020 | #2,096 | 88 |
| 2010 | #2,255 | 86 |
| 2000 | #1,742 | 101 |
| 1990 | #1,091 | 162 |
| 1980 | #742 | 224 |
| 1970 | #533 | 355 |
| 1960 | #255 | 1,205 |
| 1950 | #243 | 943 |
| 1940 | #230 | 738 |
| 1930 | #205 | 922 |
| 1920 | #163 | 1,395 |
| 1910 | #102 | 858 |
| 1900 | #80 | 947 |
| 1890 | #73 | 630 |
| 1880 | #69 | 361 |
How popular is Susie, counting every spelling?
Susie is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,472 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,922 for Susie on its own. Together these spellings went to 128 girls in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Susie?
101 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Susie (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Susie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 83 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Susie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Susie?
About 29,900 people born in the US named Susie are alive today, with a median age of 67; half are between 55 and 76. That makes Susie a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Susie by state
How common Susie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Pennsylvania (5.4×). In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Susie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Susie, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Susie · Sibling names for Susie
Susie is also a nickname for Susan and Sue.
Questions about the name Susie
What does Susie mean?
Susie means “pet form of Susan; "lily"” (Hebrew, English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Susie?
Susie was the 1922nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 101 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 67th; the most babies were born in 1919 (1,476). Over the last ten years it has moved up 154 places. More babies were named Susie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Susie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Susie in the US.
Where is Susie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Susie was most common in Pennsylvania (0.29 per 1,000 girls), followed by Iowa and Kentucky.