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Girl's name · #1091 in the US (2025) · Vintage
Susan belongs to an older America first — it reached #2 back in 1957 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1091. About 1.1 million girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#895 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,583 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,696 in Canada (2024).
Among 3,747 notable people named Susan:
Scientists & scholars appear 1.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Susan Sontag, American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004).
Earlier generations knew Sue — the standard of the 1950s. About 87 girls a year are given Susie as their full name.
Similar names: Susannah · Cynthia · Suttyn · Sharon · Karen · Sandra
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