Zuzana

Girls' name

English equivalent of Susan

Zuzana has been given to 29 babies in the U.S. since 2007. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2008, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Zuzana, 2021

1 in 678,000

Zuzana over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zuzana: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Susan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zuzana means

Zuzana is a English equivalent of Susan.

Origin, language, and formation

Zuzana is used in Czech and Slovak.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Susan.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Zuzana is pronounced [ˈzuzana].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 29 girls were recorded with the name Zuzana between 2007 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2008; its best national rank was #15,394 in 2008.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Zuzana?

Zuzana had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zuzana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zuzana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zuzanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zuzana was born before 2012 — so the typical Zuzana is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 44.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 29; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 44.8% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Zuzana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2008 (7)
Years since peak: 17; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #15,394; 2008

Spellings of Zuzana

Zuzana is not the most common spelling — Susana is, with 26.5% against Zuzana's 0.04%.

Susana26.5%20,999
Juana23.7%18,793
Suzanna12.2%9,648
Suzan11.5%9,081
Luana6.2%4,893
Suzann5.1%4,034
Quiana5.0%3,999
Zana2.9%2,288

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Zuzana around the world

Where Zuzana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2006–2021
#5,581
in 2021
Ireland
2009–2013
#894
in 2013
South Australia
1957–1957
#581
in 1957

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Zuzana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #15,394; 2008
Peak year: 2008; 7 that year
First recorded: 2007
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 29
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zuzana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Zolana Rohana Nalana Salana Giyana Mohana Vaiana Msgana Sihana Evyana Mirana Aldana Celiana Mehana Mahana Elvana Luhana Subhana Vyana Maliana Zeliana Viyana Taiana Lilana

Sibling names for Zuzana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaylen Yamilet Dalilah Desire Jaidyn Kalia Abagail Rihanna

For a brother

Kaeden Gavyn Tyshawn Marley Aditya Aydan Aydin Javion

Explore around Zuzana

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