Suzette
Feminine · “lily”
Suzette is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 16,963 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Suzette is Susan with a French diminutive, and the Hebrew behind it is shoshannah — a lily, or possibly a lotus, from a word that Egypt gave to Hebrew.
How old is the name Suzette?
Suzette first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Suzette alive today was born around 1965, making them about 60 years old. About 15,000 people named Suzette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Suzette most popular?
Suzette peaked in 1967, reaching #341 nationally. Today it ranks #4661, 4,320 places below that high. See the whole 1967 chart.
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Where it comes from
From shoshannah to Suzette
The story of Suzette
Susanna appears in the deuterocanonical book of that name, falsely accused and defended by Daniel — one of the most painted scenes in European art. French made Suzanne and its diminutive Suzette. The name reached American records through French use, and Suzette peaked around 1961, alongside Suzanne at its own height.
Meaning
lily
Through Susanne and the Hebrew shoshannah, 'lily' — a word probably borrowed from the Egyptian sšn, which named the lotus. Modern Hebrew shoshan still means lily. The -ette is a French diminutive suffix rather than part of the original name.
How the name formed
- shoshannah
- Susanna
- Suzanne
- Suzette
Related forms: Suzette · Susette · Susana
Pronouncing Suzette
soo-ZET
Two syllables, stress on the second. French says it the same way with a softer final t.
Nicknames for Suzette
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1912
- Most girls named
- 1965659 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #341reached in 1967
- Change vs 2023
- −6.5%29 in 2025, from 31
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Suzette in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Suzette in French — same name
- Susette in English — spelling variant
- Susana in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Suzettes among us
people named Suzette are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was named Suzette
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Shelba test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Suzette's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shelba climbed just as high around 1937, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shelba's path sketches the road Suzette is walking now.
Suzette sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Suzette is headed
Suzette should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Suzette beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Suzette in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The lily meaning is concrete, and its route from Egyptian to Hebrew is genuinely interesting.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- Susan and Susanna are available as fuller formal versions.
- A well-known dessert carries the name for many people.
- Suzanne is much the commoner form.
- It is closely dated to the middle of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Suzettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 15,000 people named Suzette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Suzette in 2025?
- Suzette ranks #4661 among US girl names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Suzette?
- About 1 in every 55,423 US girls born in 2025 was named Suzette — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Suzette with classmates?
- Suzette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Suzette
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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