Susan
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Susan is a Hebrew name meaning “lily,” and it developed as a shorter form of Susannah, itself linked to the biblical Shoshana. Susan was hugely popular from the mid-1940s through the 1960s, but it has since fallen sharply and now shows up more often as a middle name. A daring namesake is Susan Travers, the French Foreign Legion ambulance driver who braved minefields and enemy fire during the Second World War. In Doctor Who, the Doctor’s spirited granddaughter takes Susan as her Earth name.
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Usage of Susan in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Susan against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Susan is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Susan in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 222 girls were named Susan, making it the #1085 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 1,123,481 girls have been named Susan, with the most (47,418) in 1955. It is most common, relative to births, in Pennsylvania, Iowa and Ohio.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| Mexico (Mexico City) | #914 girls | 6 | Dirección General del Registro Civil de la Ciudad de México (Portal de Datos Abiertos de la CDMX), 2022 |
| Finland | #439 girls (all ages) | 926 | Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), 2026 |
| Israel | #280 girls (all ages) | 2,717 | Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel - from the Population Register, 1949-2024 |
| Norway | #502 girls (all ages) | 696 | Statistics Norway (SSB), 2025 |
| Poland | #801 girls (all ages) | 325 | Ministry of Digital Affairs (Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji), PESEL register, via dane.gov.pl, 2026 |
| Sweden | #440 girls (all ages) | 2,791 | Statistics Sweden (SCB), 2020 |
| Switzerland | #520 girls (all ages) | 1,487 | Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS), STATPOP, 2025 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Susan in other languages
- Susanna Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Swedish
- Suzanne Dutch, English, French
- Suzette Dutch, English, French
- Susana Portuguese, Spanish
- Susanne Danish, Dutch
- Sussan English, Persian
- Zuzana Czech, Slovak
- Zuzanna Latvian, Polish
- Susannah English
- Suzan Turkish
- Suzane Portuguese
- Zsuzsa Hungarian
- Zsuzsanna Hungarian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Susan
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Susan, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Cyclone Susan (Category 5) | 1998 | South Pacific | 259 km/h |
| Typhoon Susan (Category 1) | 1988 | Western Pacific | 148 km/h |
| Tropical storm Susan | 1984 | Western Pacific | 74 km/h |
| Tropical storm Susan | 1981 | Western Pacific | 111 km/h |
| Hurricane Susan (Category 4) | 1978 | Eastern Pacific | 213 km/h |
| Tropical storm Susan | 1975 | Western Pacific | 93 km/h |
| Typhoon Susan (Category 1) | 1972 | Western Pacific | 120 km/h |
| Typhoon Susan (Category 3) | 1969 | Western Pacific | 194 km/h |
| Typhoon Susan (Category 1) | 1966 | Western Pacific | 148 km/h |
| Typhoon Susan (Category 4) | 1963 | Western Pacific | 250 km/h |
…and 4 earlier storms.
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Susan
There are 33 towns and villages with Susan in their name, in 13 countries.
🇰🇷 South Korea 11🇮🇷 Iran 6🇺🇸 United States 4🇰🇵 North Korea 3🇦🇺 Australia 1🇨🇴 Colombia 1🇬🇭 Ghana 1🇮🇳 India 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Susan Moore | Alabama, 🇺🇸 United States | 770 | Map |
| Susan River | Queensland, 🇦🇺 Australia | 127 | Map |
| Ait Susan | Guelmim-Oued Noun, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Mashhadī Sūsan | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, 🇮🇷 Iran | – | Map |
| Mollā Sūsan | Fars, 🇮🇷 Iran | – | Map |
| Susan | Western North, 🇬🇭 Ghana | – | Map |
| Susan | South Pyongan, 🇰🇵 North Korea | – | Map |
| Susan | Gyeongsangbuk-do, 🇰🇷 South Korea | – | Map |
| Susan | Gyeonggi-do, 🇰🇷 South Korea | – | Map |
| Susan | Gyeongsangnam-do, 🇰🇷 South Korea | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Susan
There are 26 lakes and reservoirs with Susan in their name, in 2 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 19🇨🇦 Canada 7
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| Lac Susan | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Susan | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Susan | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Susan | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Susan | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Susan | Missouri, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Susan | North Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Susan | South Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Susan | Connecticut, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Susan | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Susan songs
10 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Susan in their title. The best known:
- My Name Is Not Susan – Whitney Houston (1991)
- Susan's House – Eels (1997)
- Switchboard Susan – Mickey Jupp (1978)
- Black-Eyed Susan – Prairie Oyster (1994)
- Black-eyed Susan
- Susan – The Buckinghams (1967)
- Susan Flowers – Dick Damron (1977)
- Susan Himmelblå (1983)
- SUSAN (Becker)
- SUSAN (Dean)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Susan
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Susan.
Susan Anspach
Susan Ashton
Susan Boyle
Susan Cabot
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Fictional characters named Susan
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Susan as a pet name
FurryName has found 23 dogs named Susan in public pet registers, making it the #4,163 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (2), Burnside (1), Playford (1). Susan as a dog name →
FurryName has found 6 cats named Susan in public pet registers, making it the #1,553 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (3), Corangamite Shire (1), Tacoma (1). Susan as a cat name →
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