Susan
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning lily or graceful lily.
How Susan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #919 |
| 2016 | #914 |
| 2017 | #962 |
| 2020 | #973 |
Susan by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Susan. In the US, 277 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 47,397 babies in 1955, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Susan
Forms of Susan in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Susielily; a form of Susan19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suzielily; a form of Susan12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suzylily; a form of Susan3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suelily; diminutive of Susan10 in the US (2017)
- Susylily; a form of Susan10 in the US (2017)
- Susilily; a diminutive of Susan6 in the US (2017)
- Suzilily; a form of Susan or Suzanne5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suzannlily flower; a form of Susan
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Susan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Susan
Names that are said the same way as Susan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Susannelily; grace; a form of Susanna8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Susan, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a lily
Like Susan, each of these has a lily in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
- Lillylily flower; variant of Lily382 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lillianalily; pure flower; a form of Lillian1,108 in the US (2017)
- Lilianlily flower; form of Lily506 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Susan
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