To provide a surgical needle having rust resistance and having sufficient sharpness, bending strength, and rupture resistance (resistance to breaking), and the like at its needle end and needle body portion connecting thereto.

A surgical needle is made of austenitic stainless steel containing about 16 to 18 wt.% chromium, about 7 to 9 wt.% nickel, about 0.003 to 0.3 wt.% titanium, about 0.003 to 0.4 wt.% copper, about 0.6 to 0.8 wt.% molybdenum, and about 0.1 to 1.7 wt.% silicon. Its needle end A and needle body portion B connecting thereto have precipitated particles of titanium, copper, and molybdenum.