Shimshon — #5501 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shimshon

The Social Security Administration has registered 379 babies named Shimshon between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shimshon currently holds the #5501 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shimshon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shimshon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 155 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Shimshon in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shimshon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 379 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.