Susannah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Susannah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Susannah: Recorded since 1965, it reached #238 in 2006, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#325
1997	#356
1998	#411
1999	#539
2000	#601
2001	#540
2002	#547
2003	#690
2004	#565
2005	#668
2006	#739
2007	#774
2008	#878
2009	#835
2010	#1584
2011	#989
2012	#1253
2013	#1291
2014	#2058
2015	#1405
2016	#2233
2017	#1817
2018	#1977
2019	#1940
2020	#2449
2021	#2499
2022	#2673
2023	#3598
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 50 years from 1965 to 2014.

In 2021: #446 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2499 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2021
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1997–2021).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Susannah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 1,024 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1965.

Susannah across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Susannah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#385 (1965)	#380 (1966)	#876 (2014)	18 of 50	63 (1965–2014)	6 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#325 (1996)	#325 (1996)	#2574 (2024)	29 of 29	1,024 (1996–2024)	109 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#238 (2006)	#446 (2021)	10 of 25	40 (1997–2021)	7 (2006)

Susannah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Susannah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	328	4 of 10	82
2000sbusiest	454	10 of 10	45
2010s	197	10 of 10	20
2020s	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 45 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Susannah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Susannah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1405	23	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1291	26	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#989	35	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#835	41	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#878	37	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#774	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#739	42	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#668	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#565	55	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#690	41	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#547	54	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#540	52	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#601	44	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#539	52	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#411	75	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#356	92	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#325	109	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 109 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Susann · #125, 43y
Susanna · #194, 61y
Susanne · #41, 71y
Susie · #336, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gerry · #237, 43y
Kathy · #236, 44y
Corina · #234, 44y
Emanuel · #234, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Bridie · #238, 50y
Catharina · #238, 50y
Lucinda · #238, 56y
Mika · #238, 33y

Susannah was ranked #238 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Susannah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Susannah without appearing here.

Susannah moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1940 and #5591.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #4192.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #3695.
Shauna Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2058 and #1798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1405 and #2496.

Moved ahead of Susannah

Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2673 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1959.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Barbara Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1405 and #1452 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #1031.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Susannah

Aisling Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Susannah went from #385 to #876 while Aisling went from #121 to #55.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Susannah went from #385 to #876 while Alexandra went from #227 to #83.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Susannah went from #385 to #876 while Amy went from #262 to #30.
Ciara Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Susannah went from #385 to #876 while Ciara went from #139 to #28.

Moved the same way as Susannah

Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Susannah went from #385 to #876 and Alma from #262 to #661.
Audrey Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Susannah went from #385 to #876 and Audrey from #73 to #494.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Susannah went from #385 to #876 and Deirdre from #11 to #876.
Diane Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Susannah went from #385 to #876 and Diane from #221 to #752.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Susannah

Susannah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Susannah across 3 official records

Susannah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Susannah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Susannah and the names beside it

Susannah moved ahead of

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Susannah at a glance

Susannah across 3 official records

Susannah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Susannah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Susannah

Susannah and the names beside it

Susannah moved ahead of

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