Susannah

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

Girl's name · #2536 in the US (2025) · Retro

Susannah reached its best rank, #804, in 1882 and ranked #2536 in 2025. About 7,800 girls have carried it since 1882. Together with its spelling variants Susanna (#1181), Susana (#2254), and Suzanna (#2813), Susannah would rank around #689 with about 410 births last year — the newborns split about 48/20/17/15 across Susanna, Susana, Susannah, and Suzanna.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Susannahs

Susannah York — English film, stage and television actress (1939–2011)
Susannah Mushatt Jones — American supercentenarian (1899–2016)
Susannah Harker — British actress
Susannah Grant — American film director and screenwriter
Susannah Townsend — English hockey player

In stories & tradition

Susannah (Susanna) — Additions to Daniel · Susanna and the Elders
Susannah Dean — The Dark Tower · The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
Susannah Morrisey — fictional human

What Susannahs become

Among 111 notable people named Susannah:

Artists & writers appear 2.09× more often than among typical names — e.g. Susannah Constantine, British fashion designer and journalist.

Similar names: Susan · Zena · Suttyn · Melia · Lizzie · Elianah

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