NameTides

Shoshana

Shoshana was the #1,673 girls' name in the US in 2025 (123 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Shoshana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shoshana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Shoshana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,673 (123)#4,201 (5)—
2024#1,779 (113)#4,193 (5)#3,383 (5)
2023#1,656 (125)#3,599 (6)#2,366 (8)
2022#1,456 (152)#2,488 (10)—
2021#1,469 (146)#2,711 (9)#3,280 (5)
2020#1,608 (130)#3,117 (7)—
2019#1,548 (139)#2,458 (10)—
2018#1,840 (110)#2,674 (9)—
2017#1,614 (134)#2,201 (12)#2,179 (9)
2016#1,908 (105)#2,367 (11)#2,892 (6)
2015#1,839 (112)#3,615 (6)—
2014#1,757 (118)#2,659 (9)#2,617 (7)
2013#2,096 (91)#4,050 (5)#2,376 (8)
2012#2,003 (97)#2,521 (10)—
2011#1,804 (112)#2,150 (12)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,456.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1948.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shoshana is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shoshana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #496NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #214NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #2,151FL
Shoshana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShoshanaCanadaGirls—too few
ShoshanaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
ShoshanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShoshanaUSGirls#1,673123