Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Susumu isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Susumu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 351
- 351 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1943. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 259 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Susumu’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Susumu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 之. In Japanese usage, Susumu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 将. In Japanese usage, Susumu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 晋.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Susumu
- Susumu TonegawaJapanese biologist, neuroscientist (1939–2026)
- Susumu KitagawaJapanese chemistborn 1951
- Susumu OkiJapanese association football playerborn 1976
- Susumu WatanabeJapanese association football player and managerborn 1973
- Susumu UemuraJapanese association football playerborn 1964
- Susumu KatsumataJapanese association football player and managerborn 1956
- Susumu HirasawaJapanese singer-songwriter, lyricist, composer, music producerborn 1954
- Susumu TerajimaJapanese actor (born 1963)
- Susumu HaniJapanese film director, screenwriterborn 1928
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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