Suzanne
Suzanne was the 2407th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 75 babies. Its best year was 1946, when it ranked 52nd; the most babies were born in 1962 (6,851). Over the last ten years it has moved down 27 places. More babies were named Suzanne in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Susan) lily (from Susanna) · Hebrew, Egyptian
- Rank in 2025
- #2,407 girls, up 1,133 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 75girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19626,851 babies
- Total since 1880
- 219,801babies recorded
What does the name Suzanne mean?
Suzanne is a spelling of Susan, pronounced the same way, so it shares Susan's meaning and origin.
Susan is the English form of Susanna, from Hebrew Shoshannah 'lily' (DMNES adds 'rose'), a word that Wiktionary traces further back to Egyptian. In the apocryphal additions to Daniel, Susanna is a virtuous woman falsely accused, and another Susanna follows Jesus in Luke 8:3. DMNES records the name in England from the 12th century, though it was not common until the 16th. Susan was a top girls' name in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.
שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah) (Biblical Hebrew, “lily”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Susanna, Suzanne, Sue, Susie, Shoshana.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean flower.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Susan', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Susan', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Suzanne popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 492 since 1935.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,407 | 75 |
| 2020 | #3,540 | 43 |
| 2010 | #2,217 | 88 |
| 2000 | #1,020 | 207 |
| 1990 | #370 | 716 |
| 1980 | #139 | 2,103 |
| 1970 | #87 | 4,425 |
| 1960 | #78 | 5,966 |
| 1950 | #71 | 5,266 |
| 1940 | #109 | 2,338 |
| 1930 | #217 | 793 |
| 1920 | #389 | 285 |
| 1910 | #537 | 58 |
| 1900 | #1,003 | 15 |
| 1890 | #1,191 | 7 |
| 1880 | #825 | 6 |
How popular is Suzanne, counting every spelling?
Suzanne is a spelling of Susan, a name family that ranked #849 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,407 for Suzanne on its own. Together these spellings went to 311 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | 222 | #1,091 | 1,099 |
| Suzanne | 75 | #2,407 | 319 |
| Susanne | 8 | #11,815 | 43 |
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 Suzanne?
75 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Suzanne (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Suzanne 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 112 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Suzanne.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Suzanne?
About 165,800 people born in the US named Suzanne are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 55 and 73. That makes Suzanne 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.
Suzanne by state
How common Suzanne was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Pennsylvania (5.0×). In 44 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 Suzanne: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Suzanne, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Suzanne
What does Suzanne mean?
Suzanne is a spelling of Susan, which means “lily (from Susanna)” (Hebrew, Egyptian origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Suzanne?
Suzanne was the 2407th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 75 babies. Its best year was 1946, when it ranked 52nd; the most babies were born in 1962 (6,851). Over the last ten years it has moved down 27 places. More babies were named Suzanne in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Suzanne a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Suzanne in the US.
Where is Suzanne most popular?
In 2021–2025, Suzanne was most common in Pennsylvania (0.20 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maryland and Washington.