Susanna

Meaning: Lily; lotus flower
Origin: From Egyptian via Hebrew and Greek

Girl's name · #1181 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Susanna holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1181 in 2025). About 20,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Susanna is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Susanna ranks in other countries and regions.

#509 in N. Ireland (2025) · #617 in Austria (2025) · #3,014 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,697 in Canada (2024).

Famous Susannas

Susanna Tamaro — Italian writer (born 1957)
Susanna Clarke — British author (born 1959)
Susanna Thompson — American actress
Susanna Hoffs — American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
Susanna Agnelli — Italian politician, businesswoman and writer (1922–2009)

In stories & tradition

Susanna — Additions to Daniel (Bible)
Susanna Walcott — The Crucible (musical stage work)

What Susannas become

Among 756 notable people named Susanna:

Artists & writers appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Susanna Tamaro, Italian writer (born 1957).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Susana (#2254), Susannah (#2536), and Suzanna (#2813), Susanna would rank around #689 with about 410 births last year — the newborns split about 48/20/17/15 across Susanna, Susana, Susannah, and Suzanna.

Similar names: Suzanna · Janie · Susie · Johanna · Delia · Liza

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