Suzannah

girls:

1.8k births since 1940

#4009 (30th percentile)

overall:

1.8k births since 1940

#5983 (23rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Suzannah is the #5,983 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,770 recorded births since 1940. This represents the 22.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,009 (29.8% percentile) for all time with 1,770 births since 1940.

Suzannah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1940 (first recorded for girls in 1940). Birth data for Suzannah is available in 77 out of the 84 years between 1940 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, Suzannah reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #802) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Suzannah ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 21.3% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Suzannah".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
1,770
Peak Births
53
Peak Year
1991
First Recorded
1940
Peak Percentile
5.7%
Current Percentile
0.5%
Peak Rank
#802
Current Rank
#942
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Suzannah

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Suzannah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 88.2% confident that Suzannah is pronounced as sue-ZA-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is soo-ZA-nuh, at 11.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.

sue-ZA-nuh (3 syllables)
88.2% confidence
S UW0 Z AE1 N AH0
soo-ZA-nuh (3 syllables)
11.8% confidence
S UH0 Z AE1 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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