How Many People Are Named Shimshon?
people named Shimshon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 883,165 people in the US has this name
Based on 393 babies named Shimshon in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
20 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hebrew form of SAMSON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shimshon in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shimshon alive today is about 16 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shimshon first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2023, to 20 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shimshon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,827, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #6,392.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,392 |
| Best rank | #4,827 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,098 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shimshon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shimshon were born in New York than in any other state: about 159 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shimshon was given about 12.2 times as often in New York.
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