Susan Name Popularity

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How popular is Susan?

In 2018 the uncommon name Susan, ranked the 1,079th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Susan is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #2 was reached for the first time in 1957 and as recently as 1960.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1955 with 47,402 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Susan was 234 in 2018.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Susan occurred roughly during the years 1928-1954, whereas 1958-1995, 2006-2009, and 2015-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Susan has been spiralling downward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Susan lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Susan?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Susan is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Susan is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Susan (Girl)		Susan (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		234	1,079	< 5	--
2017		275	959	5	13,955
2016		300	918	< 5	--
2015		296	927	< 5	--
2014		324	848	5	13,783
2013		317	833	< 5	--
2012		322	831	< 5	--
2011		353	770	< 5	--
2010		353	779	< 5	--
2009		378	750	< 5	--
2008		423	709	< 5	--
2007		463	640	< 5	--
2006		494	591	< 5	--
2005		481	591	< 5	--
2004		524	545	7	9,799
2003		569	502	< 5	--
2002		605	467	< 5	--
2001		631	440	< 5	--
2000		684	414	< 5	--
1999		703	399	< 5	--
1998		754	377	< 5	--
1997		804	347	< 5	--
1996		959	298	< 5	--
1995		894	312	< 5	--
1994		1,026	272	< 5	--
1993		1,199	233	8	6,732
1992		1,372	207	7	7,300
1991		1,478	203	< 5	--
1990		1,687	172	13	4,371
1989		1,799	161	15	3,788
1988		2,060	140	16	3,328
1987		2,248	125	11	4,199
1986		2,390	118	17	2,995
1985		2,662	105	18	2,811
1984		3,114	90	15	3,087
1983		3,357	86	14	3,203
1982		3,965	76	17	2,810
1981		4,248	70	15	3,010
1980		4,703	63	19	2,602
1979		5,199	51	23	2,223
1978		5,417	49	21	2,266
1977		5,957	45	19	2,449
1976		6,405	40	19	2,407
1975		7,486	32	32	1,623
1974		8,472	27	36	1,463
1973		9,283	25	31	1,581
1972		10,577	24	44	1,259
1971		13,777	17	45	1,252
1970		15,738	15	52	1,157
1969		17,807	11	50	1,110
1968		19,503	10	57	986
1967		22,263	5	64	909
1966		23,773	6	67	886
1965		26,328	5	54	1,011
1964		31,515	3	84	832
1963		33,998	3	80	847
1962		35,743	3	86	824
1961		37,521	3	87	823
1960		39,203	2	81	841
1959		41,599	2	87	823
1958		45,173	2	87	807
1957		45,948	2	97	763
1956		46,571	5	67	915
1955		47,402	5	65	931
1954		47,151	5	66	915
1953		44,297	5	71	858
1952		41,350	5	55	968
1951		40,228	6	44	1,094
1950		38,017	5	57	917
1949		37,706	5	52	965
1948		35,985	5	56	931
1947		31,954	8	64	874
1946		28,267	8	59	860
1945		19,222	10	55	849
1944		16,330	13	55	859
1943		14,888	18	50	950
1942		12,016	21	54	909
1941		8,888	27	39	1,047
1940		6,755	36	27	1,307
1939		4,887	44	20	1,528
1938		3,555	72	16	1,804
1937		2,642	97	10	2,463
1936		2,155	110	12	2,167
1935		1,801	126	5	4,089
1934		1,492	138	9	2,724
1933		1,263	149	5	4,097
1932		1,227	158	9	2,819
1931		1,005	180	< 5	--
1930		1,003	192	< 5	--
1929		875	210	< 5	--
1928		812	220	< 5	--
1927		868	218	6	4,161
1926		856	215	< 5	--
1925		862	219	< 5	--
1924		832	227	< 5	--
1923		812	227	< 5	--
1922		795	229	< 5	--
1921		846	222	< 5	--
1920		850	225	< 5	--
1919		824	217	< 5	--
1918		912	208	< 5	--
1917		837	210	< 5	--
1916		844	207	< 5	--
1915		817	202	5	4,326
1914		661	200	< 5	--
1913		543	196	< 5	--
1912		522	186	< 5	--
1911		459	167	< 5	--
1910		395	173	< 5	--
1909		380	164	< 5	--
1908		350	170	< 5	--
1907		355	167	< 5	--
1906		327	166	< 5	--
1905		320	165	< 5	--
1904		324	166	< 5	--
1903		305	163	< 5	--
1902		335	155	< 5	--
1901		342	145	< 5	--
1900		410	144	< 5	--
1899		350	134	< 5	--
1898		382	135	< 5	--
1897		341	140	5	1,212
1896		343	138	< 5	--
1895		393	120	< 5	--
1894		357	125	< 5	--
1893		356	122	< 5	--
1892		366	123	< 5	--
1891		370	106	< 5	--
1890		354	115	< 5	--
1889		356	107	< 5	--
1888		363	106	< 5	--
1887		335	99	< 5	--
1886		323	102	< 5	--
1885		302	100	< 5	--
1884		326	94	< 5	--
1883		322	85	< 5	--
1882		326	79	< 5	--
1881		292	79	< 5	--
1880		286	80	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.