Suzy
Suzy was the 5888th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 686th with 227 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,344 places. More babies were named Suzy in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Susie) pet form of Susan; "lily" · Hebrew, English
- Rank in 2025
- #5,888 girls, up 1,303 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 21girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1962227 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,270babies recorded
What does the name Suzy mean?
Suzy is a spelling of Susie, pronounced the same way, so it shares Susie's meaning and origin.
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)
Suzy popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,888 | 21 |
| 2020 | #7,191 | 16 |
| 2010 | #5,955 | 23 |
| 2000 | #9,093 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,256 | 18 |
| 1980 | #2,304 | 43 |
| 1970 | #1,406 | 75 |
| 1960 | #861 | 145 |
| 1950 | #1,523 | 38 |
| 1940 | #1,181 | 39 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #3,917 | 8 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Suzy, counting every spelling?
Suzy is a spelling of Susie, a name family that ranked #1,472 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,888 for Suzy 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 Suzy?
21 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Suzy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Suzy 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 401 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Suzy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Suzy?
About 3,600 people born in the US named Suzy are alive today, with a median age of 61; half are between 45 and 66. That makes Suzy 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.
Suzy by state
How common Suzy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 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 Suzy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Suzy, they share its era and feel.
Suzy is also a nickname for Susan.
Questions about the name Suzy
What does Suzy mean?
Suzy is a spelling of Susie, which means “pet form of Susan; "lily"” (Hebrew, English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Suzy?
Suzy was the 5888th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 686th with 227 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,344 places. More babies were named Suzy in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Suzy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Suzy in the US.
Where is Suzy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Suzy was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).