Shoshana
Hebrew, from shoshan, a word for lily that later came to mean rose. It is the original behind the Greek and Latin Susanna.
Shoshana in 2025
Shoshana was given to 123 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 3,091st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 26,954 babies born.
The history of Shoshana
Shoshana reached its highest point in 2022, when 152 babies were given the name, ranking 2,700th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 2,017th, in 1984.
Across the 78 years of records since 1948, 5,682 babies have been named Shoshana. Half of them were born before 2001, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Shoshana by decade
| Decade | Babies named Shoshana | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | 7,135 |
| 1950s | 81 | 5,007 |
| 1960s | 184 | 3,417 |
| 1970s | 557 | 2,334 |
| 1980s | 885 | 2,017 |
| 1990s | 1,025 | 2,179 |
| 2000s | 1,024 | 2,860 |
| 2010s | 1,130 | 2,834 |
| 2020s | 789 | 2,700 |
Where Shoshana is heading
Shoshana has risen 10% over the past decade, from 112 babies in 2015 to 123 in 2025.
Names like Shoshana
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Shoshana.