girl's name

Suzanna

  • Origin Dutch
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 11,316

Northern Ireland

#505

2010 births

Suzanna is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 61 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Suzanna is a name of Dutch origin.
  • Peaked in 1973, when 185 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 54,351 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1892.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Suzanna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,591
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Suzanna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 7
1900s 42
1910s 129
1920s 153
1930s 174
1940s 520
1950s 929
1960s 1,323
1970s 1,591
1980s 1,500
1990s 1,327
2000s 956
2010s 665
2020s (to 2025) 332

How popular is Suzanna?

In 2025, Suzanna was given to 61 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Suzanna is used

Northern Ireland #505 3 in 2010
Ireland #709 5 in 2013
Scotland #753 4 in 2014
Canada #2,193 10 in 2024
United States #2,803 61 in 2025
France #6,641 5 in 2025
England & Wales #7,158 3 in 2025

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 Suzanna

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

Parents who like Suzanna also like

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

Sibling names for Suzanna

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

Common questions about Suzanna

How popular is the name Suzanna?

In 2025, Suzanna was given to 61 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Suzanna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Suzanna?

Suzanna has 3 syllables.

When was Suzanna most popular?

Suzanna peaked in 1973, when 185 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Suzanna a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Suzanna currently ranks #2,193 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.