Shoshana Girl
How popular is Shoshana?
#1,673 girl name in 2025
123 baby girls were named Shoshana in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
Shoshana popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,673 for girls (▲ 106 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 123 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,839 in 2015, #1,608 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (152 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,225 in 1984 |
| First recorded | 1948 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shoshana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shoshana family of names ranked #1,319 for girls in 2025 (#1,373 the year before), with 132 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shoshana | 123 | 93% |
| Shoshanna | 9 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shoshana is most popular
Babies named Shoshana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 1.2 per 1,000 (223 girls)
- New York: 0.4 per 1,000 (155 girls)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
Shoshana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1950s | 81 | #3,103 |
| 1960s | 184 | #2,171 |
| 1970s | 557 | #1,433 |
| 1980s | 885 | #1,225 |
| 1990s | 1,025 | #1,259 |
| 2000s | 1,024 | #1,623 |
| 2010s | 1,130 | #1,548 |
| 2020s | 789 | #1,456 |
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Questions
- Is Shoshana a boy or girl name?
- Shoshana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shoshana were girls.
- How popular is the name Shoshana?
- 123 baby girls were named Shoshana in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
- When was Shoshana most popular?
- Shoshana peaked in 2022, when 152 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,225 in 1984.
- How many people are named Shoshana?
- 5,682 babies have been named Shoshana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,559 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Shoshana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shoshana was most common in New Jersey, at 1.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.