How Many People Are Named Shoshana?
people named Shoshana are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 61,649 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,682 babies named Shoshana in Social Security records from 1948 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
152 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of SHOSHANNAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shoshana in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shoshana alive today is about 25 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shoshana first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 2022, to 152 babies. In 2025, 123 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shoshana has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,230, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #1,682.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,682 |
| Best rank | #1,230 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,844 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shoshana alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shoshana were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,792 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shoshana was given 10.5 times as often in New Jersey, 7 times in New York and 2.8 times in Maryland.
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