Shoshanah — girls' name
193 babies named Shoshanah in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
193 girls have been named Shoshanah since 1971, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2018.
- 193
- total births
- 1971–2018
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Shoshanah was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Shoshanah in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shoshanah
The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Shoshanah between 1971 and 2018, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shoshanah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shoshanah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shoshanah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shoshanah 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 193 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.
Shoshanah at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shoshanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1971
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
193 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 13 births in a single year.
Shoshanah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 79 births that decade — 41% of Shoshanah's all-time total
Shoshanah decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shoshanah's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.