Recorded 1967–2017 Girls' name Peak 1980 223 births

Shoshannah — girls' name

223 babies named Shoshannah in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s51970s671980s821990s462000s62010s17
1980s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Shoshannah was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

14 babies were named Shoshannah in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Shoshannah

The Social Security Administration has registered 223 babies named Shoshannah between 1967 and 2017, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shoshannah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shoshannah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shoshannah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shoshannah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shoshannah 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 223 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.

Shoshannah at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

223

Since 1967

51 years of records

Peak year

1980

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1967

Recorded for 51 years

Last year on file: 2017

Shoshannah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1967

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1980)
14
Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
46810121416 201719991992198819841980197519701967 5

Shoshannah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
82 births that decade — 37% of Shoshannah's all-time total
1960s51970s671980s821990s462000s62010s17

Shoshannah by state

Where Shoshannah concentrates geographically — total births since 1967

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Shoshannah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.2%
California share of Shoshannah's total US births 2.2%

5 of 223 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Shoshannah?
223 babies have been named Shoshannah since 1967. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1980 with 14 births.
When was Shoshannah most popular?
Shoshannah was most popular in the 1980s decade with 82 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
Where is Shoshannah most popular?
The top states for the name Shoshannah are California (5 births).
How long has the name Shoshannah been used?
Shoshannah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1967, spanning 51 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Shoshannah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Shonda, Shoshana, Shonna, Shona, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1967–2017 (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.