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Susannah

Girl's name · #2536 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

Susannah reached its best rank, #804, in 1882 and ranked #2536 in 2025. About 7,800 girls have carried it since 1882.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,996 in Canada (2024).

Famous Susannahs

• Susannah York — English film, stage and television actress (1939–2011)
• Susannah Mushatt Jones — American supercentenarian (1899–2016)
• Susannah Harker — British actress
• Susannah Grant — American film director and screenwriter
• Susannah Townsend — English hockey player

In stories & tradition

• Susannah (Susanna) — Additions to Daniel (Bible)
• Susannah Dean — The Dark Tower (novel series)
• Susannah Morrisey — Brookside (TV series)

What Susannahs become

Among 111 notable people named Susannah:

Artists & writers appear 2.09× more often than among typical names — e.g. Susannah Constantine, British fashion designer and journalist.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Susanna (#1181), Susana (#2254), and Suzanna (#2813), Susannah 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: Susan · Zena · Suttyn · Abbie · Joann · Melia

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