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How popular is the name Susan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Susans are alive today.
Susan (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 12 in 2024, ranked 2254th. The name peaked in 1954, when it was the most popular girls' name outright, given to around 20,000 babies. It has declined since 1954; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 48,000 babies have been named Susan in England and Wales since 1944. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Susan you are most likely to meet is around 71 years old. Half of all Susans born in England and Wales are between 63 and 76, and there are at least 420,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 74% chance that at least one of them will be called Susan.
How many babies are named Susan each year?
Where does Susan rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Susan most popular?
Susan peaked in 1954, when around 20,000 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Susan?
At least 420,000 people named Susan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Susan?
Most living Susans are between 63 and 76; the most common age is about 71.
Is Susan becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1954 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.