Susanna

“Lily; lotus flower” — Egyptian via Hebrew and Greek origin

Girl's name · #1181 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Susanna holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1181 in 2025). About 20,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variants Susana (#2254), Susannah (#2536), and Suzanna (#2813), Susanna would rank around #689 with about 410 births last year — the newborns split about 48/20/17/15 across Susanna, Susana, Susannah, and Suzanna.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,400 girls in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 4,500 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 10,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Susannas

Susanna Tamaro — Italian writer (1957-)
Susanna Clarke — British author (1959-)
Susanna Thompson — American actress
Susanna Hoffs — American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
Susanna Agnelli — Italian politician, businesswoman and writer (1922–2009)

In stories & tradition

Susanna — Additions to Daniel · Susanna and the Elders
Susanna Walcott — The Crucible

What Susannas become

Among 756 notable people named Susanna:

Artists & writers appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Susanna Tamaro, Italian writer (1957-).

Similar names: Suzanna · Janie · Susie · Johanna · Delia · Liza

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