Suzetta
A feminine given name of French origin meaning "lily".
Name Census estimates that about 153 living Americans carry the first name Suzetta. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Suzetta today is around 64 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Suzetta births was 1960 (14 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Suzetta. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
153
~ 1 in 2,240,224 Americans
Peak year
1960
14 babies that year
Average age
64
years old
1984 SSA rank
#10,236
Tracked since 1943
Census
Suzetta in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 200 people with the first name Suzetta, which placed it at #38,397 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#38,397
National first-name rank
People counted
200
200 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
70.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Suzetta
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Suzetta is White at 70.0%. The next largest groups are Black (18.0%) and Two or More Races (5.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Suzetta described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Suzetta at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White70.0% · 140
- Black or African American18.0% · 36
- Two or more races5.0% · 10
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.5% · 5
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.5% · 5
- Hispanic or Latino2.0% · 4
Popularity
Suzetta: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Suzetta from the 1940s through to the 1980s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1950s, with 72 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1950s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Suzetta by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Suzetta during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Suzetta
The name Suzetta has its origins in the French language, derived from the biblical name Suzanne. Suzanne, in turn, comes from the Hebrew name Shoshannah, meaning "lily" or "rose." The earliest recorded use of the name Suzetta dates back to the 17th century in France.
Suzetta was a popular name among the French nobility during the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the earliest recorded individuals with this name was Suzetta de Bourbon-Condé, a French noblewoman born in 1630. She was a member of the powerful House of Bourbon-Condé and played a significant role in the political intrigues of the French court during the Fronde, a series of civil wars in France.
Another notable figure from history was Suzetta Hosmer, an American sculptor born in 1860. She was renowned for her neoclassical works and was one of the first women to gain international recognition as a professional sculptor. Her most famous pieces include the Beatrice Cenci and the Zenobia in Chains, both of which are now housed in museums.
In the literary world, Suzetta Wolcott was an American writer and poet born in 1851. She was a member of the Hartford Wits, a group of writers and intellectuals who gathered in Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 19th century. Her works included poetry collections, short stories, and children's books.
Moving into the 20th century, Suzetta Miln was a British actress born in 1914. She had a successful career on stage and in films, appearing in numerous productions throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Some of her notable roles included performances in the plays "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Heiress."
Finally, Suzetta Ransom was an American artist and educator born in 1926. She was known for her abstract expressionist paintings and was a prominent figure in the New York art scene of the 1950s and 1960s. Ransom also taught art at various universities and served as a mentor to many aspiring artists.
People
Suzetta + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Suzetta as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Suzetta: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Suzetta?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 153 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Suzetta going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 2,240,224 US residents.
Is Suzetta a common name?
We classify Suzetta as "Very Rare". It ranks above 70.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 204 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Suzetta most popular?
The single biggest year for Suzetta was 1960, when 14 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Suzetta is about 64 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Suzetta in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 200 people with the name Suzetta, or 0.07 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #38,397 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Suzetta in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Suzetta?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Suzetta appears almost entirely female. Of the 196 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Suzetta?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Suzetta is White at 70.0%. The next largest groups are Black (18.0%) and Two or More Races (5.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Suzetta most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Suzetta in the 2020 Census, accounting for 70.0% (140 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Suzetta in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Suzetta a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Suzetta in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Suzetta still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Suzetta in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Suzetta can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Suzetta?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.