Boys' name · since 2018
Shamshon
23 babies named Shamshon in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,974 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
23 boys have been named Shamshon since 2018, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamshon has been recorded 23 times among boys since 2018, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2023.
- #27,974 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 23 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamshon ranks #27,974 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,974 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shamshon's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shamshon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shamshon's full recorded timeline at 2022, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shamshon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2023
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Shamshon by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Shamshon's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Shamshon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shamshon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2018–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shamshon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.