Shoshana
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,673 for girls
Shoshana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,673rd for girls in the US (123 babies).
What does Shoshana mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shoshana a girl's or a boy's name?
Shoshana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 123 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shoshana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Shoshana, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shoshana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Shoshana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Shoshana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,673rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 123 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 123 girls in the US were named Shoshana, making it the 1,673rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,608th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 152 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Shoshana in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 132 girls in the US were given Shoshana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,393, up from #1,673 for this spelling alone.
- Shoshana 123
- Shoshanna 9
Shoshana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 123 | #1,673 |
| 2024 | 113 | #1,779 |
| 2023 | 125 | #1,656 |
| 2022 | 152 | #1,456 |
| 2021 | 146 | #1,469 |
| 2020 | 130 | #1,608 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,548 |
| 2018 | 110 | #1,840 |
| 2017 | 134 | #1,614 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 112 | #1,839 |
| 2014 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2013 | 91 | #2,096 |
| 2012 | 97 | #2,003 |
| 2011 | 112 | #1,804 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | 100 | #2,054 |
| 2007 | 91 | #2,177 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,248 |
| 2005 | 124 | #1,623 |
| 2004 | 110 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 109 | #1,732 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,819 |
| 2001 | 103 | #1,736 |
| 2000 | 98 | #1,772 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,750 |
| 1998 | 103 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 141 | #1,259 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,508 |
| 1995 | 114 | #1,423 |
| 1994 | 75 | #1,885 |
| 1993 | 93 | #1,626 |
| 1992 | 109 | #1,449 |
| 1991 | 96 | #1,578 |
| 1990 | 97 | #1,564 |
| 1989 | 89 | #1,570 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,563 |
| 1987 | 92 | #1,423 |
| 1986 | 90 | #1,420 |
| 1985 | 93 | #1,381 |
| 1984 | 106 | #1,225 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,485 |
| 1982 | 94 | #1,325 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,490 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,502 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,623 |
| 1978 | 77 | #1,473 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,596 |
| 1976 | 73 | #1,433 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,604 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,773 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,890 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,522 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,171 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,205 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
Names like Shoshana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Anya, Anika, Maryam, Anaya, Raya, Khadija, Hana, Amira, Saanvika, Prisha, Safa
Other spellings of Shoshana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shoshana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shoshana, updated 20 October 2026.