Shimshon
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Shimshon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Shimshon mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shimshon a girl's or a boy's name?
Shimshon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shimshon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Shimshon, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Shimshon in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shimshon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Shimshon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yitzchok Tru Kairo Sutton Yakov Yusuf Mikko Shiloh Dakota Sakai Zion Kaizen
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shimshon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shimshon, updated 20 October 2026.