Girl · Name family
Susan
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- Susan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Suzanne 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Susana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Zuzanna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇵🇱
- Susanne 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Susanna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Suzanna 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Suzan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Susannah 🇺🇸🇦🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Suzann 🇺🇸🇮🇪🏴
- Susann 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇮🇪
- Suzana 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Suzannah 🇺🇸🏴🇨🇦
- Zuzana 🇺🇸🇦🇷🏴🇵🇱
- Suzane 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
- Suzzanne 🇺🇸
2,332,703births recorded
24Countries
16Variants
1956Peak · South Australia
#2Poland 2025
Susan is a girl name family recorded 2,332,703 times in 24 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Poland (#2 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in South Australia in 1956, at 2,572.3 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Suzanne (France), Susana (Argentina), Zuzanna (Poland).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Susan
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | English | 1,126,022 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1085 | 1954 | ▼ 18 % |
| Susan | English | 47,597 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1585 | 1956 | ▼ 35 % |
| Susan | English | 20,309 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1954 | – |
| Susan | English | 10,338 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1954 | – |
| Susan | English | 8,588 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1968 | – |
| Susan | English | 7,234 | 🇦🇺 South Australia | – | 1957 | – |
| Suzanne | French | 293,095 | 🇫🇷 France | #62 | 1920 | ▲ 135 % |
| Suzanne | French | 219,801 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2387 | 1946 | ▲ 7 % |
| Suzanne | French | 10,196 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1949 | – |
| Suzanne | French | 7,954 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1954 | – |
| Suzanne | French | 4,485 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1978 | – |
| Suzanne | French | 3,706 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1982 | – |
| Susana | Spanish | 215,435 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #1082 | 1951 | ▼ 34 % |
| Susana | Spanish | 21,051 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2239 | 1993 | ▼ 26 % |
| Susana | Spanish | 7,729 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | – | 1952 | – |
| Susana | Spanish | 690 | 🇪🇸 Spain | – | 2002 | – |
| Susana | Spanish | 478 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1973 | – |
| Susana | Spanish | 472 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | – | 1997 | – |
| Zuzanna | Polish | 197,195 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #2 | 2008 | ▼ 32 % |
| Zuzanna | Polish | 4,270 | 🏴 England & Wales | #792 | 2015 | ▼ 83 % |
| Zuzanna | Polish | 892 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 2009 | – |
| Zuzanna | Polish | 706 | 🇺🇸 United States | #7133 | 2009 | ▼ 36 % |
| Zuzanna | Polish | 411 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 2015 | – |
| Zuzanna | Polish | 276 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | #936 | 2017 | ▼ 23 % |
| Susanne | French | 26,094 | 🇺🇸 United States | #10917 | 1946 | new |
| Susanne | French | 3,563 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #742 | 1985 | ▼ 37 % |
| Susanne | French | 2,746 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1969 | – |
| Susanne | French | 1,048 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1954 | – |
| Susanne | French | 986 | 🇦🇺 South Australia | – | 1956 | – |
| Susanne | French | 712 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1969 | – |
| Susanna | Italian | 19,987 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1173 | 1886 | ▲ 12 % |
| Susanna | Italian | 864 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1181 | 1957 | ▼ 2 % |
| Susanna | Italian | 746 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #566 | 1985 | ▲ 14 % |
| Susanna | Italian | 717 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2787 | 1999 | ▼ 54 % |
| Susanna | Italian | 213 | 🇵🇱 Poland | – | 2015 | – |
| Susanna | Italian | 194 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | – | 1998 | – |
| Suzanna | English | 9,648 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2778 | 1973 | ▲ 10 % |
| Suzanna | English | 700 | 🇫🇷 France | #4326 | 1984 | ▼ 37 % |
| Suzanna | English | 517 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 1996 | – |
| Suzanna | English | 145 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1976 | – |
| Suzanna | English | 96 | 🇵🇱 Poland | – | 2013 | – |
| Suzanna | English | 22 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1997 | – |
| Suzan | English | 9,081 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1955 | – |
| Suzan | English | 490 | 🇫🇷 France | #2860 | 1982 | ▲ 154 % |
| Suzan | English | 353 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | #479 | 2021 | ▲ 120 % |
| Suzan | English | 339 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1962 | – |
| Suzan | English | 36 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2013 | – |
| Suzan | English | 16 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1957 | – |
| Susannah | English | 7,784 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2514 | 1975 | ▼ 4 % |
| Susannah | English | 1,030 | 🏴 England & Wales | #3705 | 1996 | ▼ 68 % |
| Susannah | English | 220 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1984 | – |
| Susannah | English | 155 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1585 | 1975 | ▼ 2 % |
| Susannah | English | 26 | 🇦🇺 South Australia | – | 1974 | – |
| Susannah | English | 17 | 🇬🇧 Northern Ireland | – | 2006 | – |
| Suzann | English | 4,034 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1946 | – |
| Suzann | English | 5 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1983 | – |
| Suzann | English | 5 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1985 | – |
| Susann | English | 3,097 | 🇺🇸 United States | #13208 | 1943 | new |
| Susann | English | 27 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1950 | – |
| Susann | English | 10 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1967 | – |
How we grouped these names
- Susan ↔ Suzanne — checked by hand
- Susan ↔ Susana — checked by hand
- Susan ↔ Susanna — checked by hand
- Susan ↔ Suzana — checked by hand
- Susan ↔ Zuzanna — checked by hand
- Susan ↔ Zuzana — checked by hand
- Susana ↔ Suzanna — spelling variant
- Susana ↔ Susannah — spelling variant
- Susana ↔ Suzannah — spelling variant
- Suzanne ↔ Susanne — spelling variant
- Suzanne ↔ Suzane — spelling variant
- Suzanne ↔ Suzzanne — spelling variant
- Susan ↔ Suzan — spelling variant
- Susan ↔ Suzann — spelling variant
Questions about Susan
How popular is the name Susan?
In 2025 it ranked #2 in Poland. Official registers record 2,332,703 births across 24 countries.
What is Susan in other languages?
Suzanne (French); Susana (Spanish); Zuzanna (Polish); Susanne (French); Susanna (Italian); Suzanna (English); Suzan (English); Susannah (English); Suzann (English); Susann (English).
When was Susan most popular?
It peaked in South Australia in 1956, at 2,572.3 births per 100,000.
Is Susan a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Susan is a girl name.