# Susan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/susan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “lily” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsuː.zən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Su, Sue |
| Variant spellings | Susanne |
| US babies named this | 1,126,022 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,541 / 1,123,481 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 872, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

English form of the biblical Susanna, from Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā, “lily”), ultimately from Egyptian z:S:n-M9 (zšn).

## What it means

Susan is grouped under lily.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 357 | 765 |
| 2012 | 329 | 816 |
| 2013 | 319 | 834 |
| 2014 | 327 | 847 |
| 2015 | 301 | 913 |
| 2016 | 306 | 909 |
| 2017 | 276 | 963 |
| 2018 | 235 | 1,082 |
| 2019 | 245 | 1,049 |
| 2020 | 262 | 975 |
| 2021 | 226 | 1,098 |
| 2022 | 212 | 1,150 |
| 2023 | 223 | 1,105 |
| 2024 | 216 | 1,123 |
| 2025 | 222 | 1,091 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 15 | 3,012 |
| 1982 | 17 | 2,810 |
| 1983 | 14 | 3,206 |
| 1984 | 15 | 3,087 |
| 1985 | 18 | 2,814 |
| 1986 | 17 | 2,993 |
| 1987 | 11 | 4,202 |
| 1988 | 16 | 3,329 |
| 1989 | 15 | 3,787 |
| 1990 | 13 | 4,372 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7,302 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,739 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,806 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,806 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,998 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 1,043 |
| 2012 | 30 | 1,130 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: سْوْزَان
- Armenian: Շուշան
- Chinese: 蘇珊 /苏珊
- Czech: Zuzana
- Danish: Susanne
- Esperanto: Susana
- Finnish: Susanna
- French: Suzanne
- German: Susanne
- Greek: Σουζάνα, Σουσάννα, Σούζαν
- Hebrew: שׁוֹשַׁנָּה
- Hungarian: Zsuzsanna, Zsuzsa
- Icelandic: Súsanna
- Italian: Susanna
- Japanese: スーザン
- Korean: 수잔
- Latvian: Zuzanna
- Lithuanian: Suzana
- Norwegian: Susanne
- Polish: Zuzanna

## People named Susan

- Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
- Susan Sontag, American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)
- Susan B. Anthony, American women's rights activist (1820–1906)
- Susan Boyle, British singer
- Susan Hayward, American actress (1917–1975)
- Susan Wojcicki, American business executive (1968–2024)
- Susan Rice, American diplomat and policy advisor (born 1964)
- Susan Strasberg, American film and stage actress (1938–1999)
- Susan Kohner, American actress
- Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist
- Susan Blakely, American actress
- Susan Peters, American actress (1921–1952)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.