| Shifra | Susannah | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Beautiful | Lily |
| Origin | hebrew | hebrew |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | SHIF-rah | soo-ZAN-uh |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2025 (68) | 1975 (152) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Shifra | Susannah |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 291 | 371 |
| 2010s | 425 | 831 |
| 2000s | 361 | 953 |
| 1990s | 248 | 1,242 |
| 1980s | 207 | 1,226 |
| 1970s | 123 | 1,422 |
| 1960s | 33 | 758 |
| 1950s | 17 | 320 |
| 1940s | 5 | 253 |
| 1930s | 5 | 137 |
| 1920s | 0 | 99 |
| 1910s | 0 | 74 |
| 1900s | 0 | 33 |
| 1890s | 0 | 31 |
| 1880s | 0 | 34 |
From Hebrew Shifrah, from the root sh-p-r meaning 'to be beautiful/fair, to please'. Borne by one of the midwives in Exodus; traditionally glossed 'beautiful'.
From Hebrew 'shoshannah', from 'shoshan' meaning 'lily' (in modern Hebrew the same word can mean 'rose'). Reaches English via Greek 'Sousanna'. The original biblical sense is 'lily'.
Shifra and Susannah are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Shifra means Beautiful (hebrew origin), while Susannah means Lily (hebrew origin).
In US records, Shifra first appears in 0 and Susannah in 0, so Shifra has the longer recorded history.