# Suzanne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/suzanne/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /suːˈzæn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Suzane |
| US babies named this | 219,801 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 492 / 219,309 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 601, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Suzanne. Doublet of Susanna.

## 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 | 68 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 86 | 2,204 |
| 2013 | 95 | 2,051 |
| 2014 | 77 | 2,388 |
| 2015 | 78 | 2,380 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,641 |
| 2017 | 74 | 2,461 |
| 2018 | 54 | 3,047 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3,165 |
| 2020 | 43 | 3,540 |
| 2021 | 54 | 3,063 |
| 2022 | 55 | 3,029 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,699 |
| 2024 | 70 | 2,553 |
| 2025 | 75 | 2,407 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 12 | 2,998 |
| 1974 | 6 | 5,158 |
| 1975 | 8 | 4,267 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,517 |
| 1977 | 12 | 3,363 |
| 1978 | 12 | 3,376 |
| 1979 | 9 | 4,359 |
| 1980 | 10 | 4,094 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,421 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | 6,126 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,508 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,688 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,998 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,845 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Suzanne

- Suzanne Collins, American television writer and novelist
- Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player
- Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (1937–2008)
- Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter
- Suzanne Valadon, French painter (1865—1938)
- Suzanne Somers, American actress (1946–2023)
- Suzanne Mubarak, former First Lady of Egypt
- Suzanne Flon, French film actress (1918-2005)
- Suzanne Schulting, Dutch short track speed skater
- Suzanne Clément, Canadian actress
- Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, French author
- Suzanne Curchod, French-Swiss salonist and writer (1737-1794)

## 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.