# Shoshana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shoshana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,682 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,682 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 245, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shoshána).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 112 | 1,815 |
| 2012 | 97 | 2,013 |
| 2013 | 91 | 2,104 |
| 2014 | 118 | 1,766 |
| 2015 | 112 | 1,848 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,927 |
| 2017 | 134 | 1,623 |
| 2018 | 110 | 1,849 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,558 |
| 2020 | 130 | 1,615 |
| 2021 | 146 | 1,474 |
| 2022 | 152 | 1,461 |
| 2023 | 125 | 1,666 |
| 2024 | 113 | 1,792 |
| 2025 | 123 | 1,682 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Shoshana

- Shoshana Zuboff, American sociologist, professor emerita at Harvard Business School and author
- Shoshana Strook, daughter of Orit Strook (1987–2026)
- Shoshana Bean, American theater actress and singer
- Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (1927–2015)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.