Suzan
Suzan is a variant spelling of the feminine given name Susan. Notable people with the name include:Peri Suzan Özkum, Turkish-American paediatrician and former diver Suzan Najm Aldeen, Syrian actress Suzan Anbeh, German actress Suzan Ball (1934–1955), American actress Suzan Rose Benedict (1873–1942), American academic Suzan Berend, South African politician Suzan Brittan, American actress and…
- English
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Suzan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Suzan is a variant spelling of the feminine given name Susan. Notable people with the name include:Peri Suzan Özkum, Turkish-American paediatrician and former diver Suzan Najm Aldeen, Syrian actress Suzan Anbeh, German actress Suzan Ball (1934–1955), American actress Suzan Rose Benedict (1873–1942), American academic Suzan Berend, South African politician Suzan Brittan, American actress and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Turkish
The Story of Suzan
The earliest SSA record of Suzan as a baby girl name dates back to 1898, when 5 babies received it. 1955 was its biggest year on record, with 484 newborns named Suzan — #397 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Suzan on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Suzan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Suzan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Suzan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Suzan
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About the name Suzan
Suzan is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Suzan's peak popularity came in 1955 when it ranked #397. Use the chart and map above to compare Suzan'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 .
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