Shoshanah

Girl · recorded 1971–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1997best year

Most popular in 1997.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shoshanah.

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

04719711983199520062018

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 26 recorded years as a table
Shoshanah, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19714
19744
19756
19793
19803
19813
19834
19847
19873
19903
19916
19925
19943
19955
19967
19977
19983
19995
20006
20015
20023
20035
20053
20093
20123
20183

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shoshanah isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
5
Rank in 2018
#15,682
How rare
1 in 340,214 girls
Since 1971
193

Shoshanah was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1997, at 7 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shoshanah doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.