girls:
9.1k births since 1898
#1697 (70th percentile)
overall:
9.1k births since 1898
#2833 (63rd percentile)
The name Suzan is the #2,833 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,076 recorded births since 1898. This represents the 63.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,697 (70.3% percentile) for all time with 9,076 births since 1898.
Suzan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1898 (first recorded for girls in 1898). Birth data for Suzan is available in 105 out of the 126 years between 1898 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Suzan reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 49.1% percentile (ranked #371) with 241 births per million. The name was most common in 1955, with 241 births per million (ranked 49.1% percentile). Despite a low point in 2018, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Suzan ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Suzan".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Suzan", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 7 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Susan" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Susan..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Suzan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.5% confident that Suzan is pronounced as SUE-zuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SUE-zan, at 14.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like S UW1 Z AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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