Suzette
Suzette or Susette is a given name. Short forms include Suse, Suze, and Zet. Notable people with the name include:Suzette Charles, American singer, entertainer, and actress Suzette Cooke, American politician Suzette Couture, cofounder with Pierre Sarrazin of Sarrazin Couture Entertainment in Canada Suzette Defoye (1741–1787), French ballet dancer, stage actor, opera singer and theatre…
- French
Meaning & Origin of Suzette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Suzette or Susette is a given name. Short forms include Suse, Suze, and Zet. Notable people with the name include:Suzette Charles, American singer, entertainer, and actress Suzette Cooke, American politician Suzette Couture, cofounder with Pierre Sarrazin of Sarrazin Couture Entertainment in Canada Suzette Defoye (1741–1787), French ballet dancer, stage actor, opera singer and theatre…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Suzette
Suzette first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1912, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1964: 719 births, good for #352 nationwide. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 36% of all recorded Suzettes. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #4,825 among baby girl names with 28 births, falling sharply (-29%). In total, more than 17K Suzettes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Suzette
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Names that sound like Suzette
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About the name Suzette
Suzette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 17K births in the dataset. Suzette's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #341. Use the chart and map above to compare Suzette'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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