The first name Shoshana

In 2025, 5 girls were named Shoshana, making it the 4,201st most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2003, with 14 births (#1,472).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Shoshana with other names.

In 2025, 123 girls born in the United States were named Shoshana, the 1,682nd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2022, when 152 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Shoshana Zuboff
  American sociologist, professor emerita at Harvard Business School and author, born 1951
• Shoshana Strook
  Daughter of Orit Strook (1987–2026)
• Shoshana Bean
  American theater actress and singer, born 1977
• Soshana Afroyim
  Austrian painter (1927–2015)

• Ava
• Isabella
• Elizabeth
• Jessica
• Maria
• Abigail
• Maya
• Hannah
• Elsie
• Sarah
• Aria
• Molly
• Eliza
• Leah
• Delilah
• Isabel

All 346 names of Hebrew origin

What does the name Shoshana mean?

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shoshána).

What is the origin of the name Shoshana?

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shoshána).

How popular is the name Shoshana?

In 2025, 5 girls born in England and Wales were named Shoshana, ranking 4,201st. Its peak was 2003, with 14 births.

Is Shoshana a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,682 US babies named Shoshana since 1880 were girls.

When was Shoshana most popular?

2022 in the United States, when 152 babies were named Shoshana, its highest rank at 1,461st.