girl's name

Susanna

  • Origin Hebrew
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 21,823

Northern Ireland

#401

2024 births

Susanna is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 197 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Susanna is a name of Hebrew origin.
  • Peaked in 1958, when 311 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 16,829 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Susanna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,496
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Susanna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 272
1890s 410
1900s 377
1910s 781
1920s 745
1930s 604
1940s 1,189
1950s 1,862
1960s 2,151
1970s 2,466
1980s 2,496
1990s 2,053
2000s 1,835
2010s 1,736
2020s (to 2025) 1,010

How popular is Susanna?

In 2025, Susanna was given to 197 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Susanna is used

Northern Ireland #401 4 in 2024
Scotland #488 7 in 2019
Ireland #1,082 3 in 2019
United States #1,181 197 in 2025
Canada #1,695 14 in 2024
England & Wales #3,005 9 in 2025
France #7,433 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Susanna

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Susanna also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Susanna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Susanna in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Czech
Zuzana
Danish
Susanne
Finnish
Sanna
Galician
Susana
Hebrew
Shoshana
Latvian
Zuzanna
Norwegian
Sanna
Polish
Zuzanna
Portuguese
Susana
Slovak
Zuzana
Spanish
Susana
Turkish
Suzan
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Susannah Suzie Susann Suzi Shoshanna Susi

Sibling names for Susanna

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Susanna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Susanna

How popular is the name Susanna?

In 2025, Susanna was given to 197 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Susanna a girl's or a boy's name?

Susanna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Susanna?

Susanna has 3 syllables.

When was Susanna most popular?

Susanna peaked in 1958, when 311 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Susanna a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Susanna currently ranks #401 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.