Population of the name “Susan” in the United States has reached one million

Saturday, January 9, 1971

On Saturday, the number of girls and women in the United States with the first name “Susan” has crossed 1,000,000 for the first time. The name “Susan” has been very common for baby girls for the past 25 years; last year, it was the fifteenth most popular name for girls, given to 15,738 baby girls in 1970, bringing the overall total to 999,695 since records began in 1880. In 1957, it was number two and given to 45,948 baby girls. The record for the highest number of baby girls with this name is 47,419, and this record was set 16 years ago in 1955. The Social Security Administration (SSA) keeps track of birth certificates and social security documents, and this allows the SSA to collect statistics about births and popularity of names. Today, the one millionth “Susan” was born.

The following table shows the overall usage of “Susan” in every year since 1880, extending over nine decades now.

Years Since January 1, 1880	Date	Yearly Increase	Total
1	January 1, 1881	286	286
2	January 1, 1882	292	578
3	January 1, 1883	326	904
4	January 1, 1884	322	1,226
5	January 1, 1885	326	1,552
6	January 1, 1886	302	1,854
7	January 1, 1887	323	2,177
8	January 1, 1888	335	2,512
9	January 1, 1889	363	2,875
10	January 1, 1890	356	3,231
11	January 1, 1891	354	3,585
12	January 1, 1892	370	3,955
13	January 1, 1893	366	4,321
14	January 1, 1894	356	4,677
15	January 1, 1895	357	5,034
16	January 1, 1896	393	5,427
17	January 1, 1897	343	5,770
18	January 1, 1898	341	6,111
19	January 1, 1899	382	6,493
20	January 1, 1900	350	6,843
21	January 1, 1901	410	7,253
22	January 1, 1902	342	7,595
23	January 1, 1903	335	7,930
24	January 1, 1904	305	8,235
25	January 1, 1905	324	8,559
26	January 1, 1906	320	8,879
27	January 1, 1907	327	9,206
28	January 1, 1908	355	9,561
29	January 1, 1909	350	9,911
30	January 1, 1910	380	10,291
31	January 1, 1911	395	10,686
32	January 1, 1912	459	11,145
33	January 1, 1913	522	11,667
34	January 1, 1914	543	12,210
35	January 1, 1915	661	12,871
36	January 1, 1916	817	13,688
37	January 1, 1917	844	14,532
38	January 1, 1918	837	15,369
39	January 1, 1919	912	16,281
40	January 1, 1920	824	17,105
41	January 1, 1921	850	17,955
42	January 1, 1922	846	18,801
43	January 1, 1923	795	19,596
44	January 1, 1924	812	20,408
45	January 1, 1925	832	21,240
46	January 1, 1926	862	22,102
47	January 1, 1927	857	22,959
48	January 1, 1928	868	23,827
49	January 1, 1929	812	24,639
50	January 1, 1930	875	25,514
51	January 1, 1931	1,003	26,517
52	January 1, 1932	1,005	27,522
53	January 1, 1933	1,227	28,749
54	January 1, 1934	1,264	30,013
55	January 1, 1935	1,492	31,505
56	January 1, 1936	1,800	33,305
57	January 1, 1937	2,154	35,459
58	January 1, 1938	2,643	38,102
59	January 1, 1939	3,555	41,657
60	January 1, 1940	4,886	46,543
61	January 1, 1941	6,755	53,298
62	January 1, 1942	8,888	62,186
63	January 1, 1943	12,014	74,200
64	January 1, 1944	14,889	89,089
65	January 1, 1945	16,330	105,419
66	January 1, 1946	19,221	124,640
67	January 1, 1947	28,268	152,908
68	January 1, 1948	31,953	184,861
69	January 1, 1949	35,985	220,846
70	January 1, 1950	37,708	258,554
71	January 1, 1951	38,016	296,570
72	January 1, 1952	40,229	336,799
73	January 1, 1953	41,346	378,145
74	January 1, 1954	44,296	422,441
75	January 1, 1955	47,163	469,604
76	January 1, 1956	47,419	517,023
77	January 1, 1957	46,566	563,589
78	January 1, 1958	45,948	609,537
79	January 1, 1959	45,171	654,708
80	January 1, 1960	41,600	696,308
81	January 1, 1961	39,204	735,512
82	January 1, 1962	37,523	773,035
83	January 1, 1963	35,739	808,774
84	January 1, 1964	33,998	842,772
85	January 1, 1965	31,516	874,288
86	January 1, 1966	26,328	900,616
87	January 1, 1967	23,773	924,389
88	January 1, 1968	22,263	946,652
89	January 1, 1969	19,501	966,153
90	January 1, 1970	17,804	983,957
91	January 1, 1971	15,738	999,695