Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Susan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Susan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.6% from peak

Peak era

1955

Peak rank proxy

47,419

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19552024

Peak year

1955

Decline from peak

99.6%

2024

213

All-time

1,123,232

Susan once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1955, when 47,419 girls were named Susan.

In 2024, only 213 girls were given the name.

Down 99.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,123,232 Americans have been named Susan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.6% from peak

195547,419 girls named Susan

2024213 girls named Susan

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