Susanne
Susanne is a feminine given name. It is a German and Scandinavian form of Susanna, with Susann and Suzanne as variants.
- German
- Danish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Susanne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Susanne is a feminine given name. It is a German and Scandinavian form of Susanna, with Susann and Suzanne as variants.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Danish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Finnish
- English
The Story of Susanne
The earliest SSA record of Susanne as a baby girl name dates back to 1881, when 5 babies received it. 1949 was its biggest year on record, with 713 newborns named Susanne — #289 in the national rankings. About 24% of every Susanne on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Susanne last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Susanne
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Susanne. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Susanne
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About the name Susanne
Susanne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 26K births in the dataset. Susanne's peak popularity came in 1949 when it ranked #289. Use the chart and map above to compare Susanne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.