Girls' name · since 1971
Shoshanah
Shoshanah has 193 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shoshanah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 193 have been recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Shoshanah recorded 193 times among girls since 1971, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2018.
- #20,211 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 193 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shoshanah ranks #20,211 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 193 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shoshanah's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shoshanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shoshanah's full recorded timeline at 1995, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shoshanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2018
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Shoshanah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (79 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Shoshanah's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Shoshanah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 26
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 79 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Shoshanah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shoshanah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1971–2018 (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 Shoshanah 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.