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Suann vs Suanne

American parents have registered 1,401 Suannes since 1880, against 751 Suanns. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Suann against Suanne, 1880 to 2025 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Suann Suanne

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 55 years in which either name was published, Suanne for 47 years and Suann for 8 years. The lead changed hands 11 times.

Side by side

  Suann Suanne
Total US births 7511,401
Most in one year 3773
Babies in 2025 under 5under 5
Estimated living today 6101,100
Median age today 6467
Peak year 19551954
Best rank 1,691st girls1,164th girls
Rank in 2025 unrankedunranked
First recorded 19361932
Girls / boys 751 / 01,401 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Suannes alive today are over 67; half the Suanns are over 64. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Compare something else

Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Suann and Suanne.