Shoshana

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shoshana: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shoshana: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,472 in 2003, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1472highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2152
1998	#1979
1999	#2770
2000	#1995
2001	#2783
2002	#1928
2003	#1472
2004	#2802
2005	#2084
2006	#2781
2007	#2895
2008	#2721
2009	#2326
2010	#2843
2011	#2150
2012	#2521
2013	#4050
2014	#2659
2015	#3615
2016	#2367
2017	#2201
2018	#2674
2019	#2458
2020	#3117
2021	#2711
2022	#2488
2023	#3598
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1472 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shoshana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shoshana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000s	84	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	92	10 of 10	9
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shoshana appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1472 in England and Wales in 2003.

Shoshana's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,472, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y
Meena · #1472, 29y
Queenie · #1472, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y
Meena · #1472, 29y
Queenie · #1472, 26y

Shoshana and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shoshana without appearing here.

Shoshana moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2895 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.
Brittany Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Shoshana

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #1107.
Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2488 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1959.
Marilyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2488 and #2673 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #2063.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Shoshana

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shoshana went from #2096 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shoshana went from #2096 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shoshana went from #2096 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shoshana went from #2096 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Shoshana

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shoshana went from #2096 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shoshana went from #2096 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shoshana went from #2096 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shoshana went from #2096 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1472 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shoshana

Shoshana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shoshana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shoshana appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shoshana at a glance

Shoshana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shoshana appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shoshana and the names beside it

Shoshana moved ahead of

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