Shoshana
About Shoshana
This is a rare and lovely form of Susannah commonly heard in Israel. Shoshana Shapiro — nicknamed Shosh — is the character played by Zosia Mamet on the hit HBO series Girls — a fact that could give the name an upward thrust.
And there are other recent references. She's a noble figure in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglorious Basterds, and Shoshannah Stern was a character on the TV show Weeds.
Shoshanna Lonstein is a designer, founder of the label Shoshanna.
Pronounced shoh-SHAH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Shoshana ranked #1682 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1231 in 1984.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,766 | 118 | 66.1 |
| 2015 | #1,848 | 112 | 62.7 |
| 2016 | #1,926 | 105 | 59.3 |
| 2017 | #1,623 | 134 | 77.6 |
| 2018 | #1,848 | 110 | 64.7 |
| 2019 | #1,557 | 139 | 82.8 |
| 2020 | #1,613 | 130 | 80.4 |
| 2021 | #1,472 | 146 | 89 |
| 2022 | #1,467 | 151 | 92.1 |
| 2023 | #1,665 | 125 | 77.9 |
| 2024 | #1,796 | 112 | 69.1 |
| 2025 | #1,682 | 123 | 76.5 |
World rankings
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Shoshana on lists
Famous Shoshanas
- Shoshana Zuboff
American academic
- Shoshana Elise Bean
American actress and singer
- Shoshana Damari
Yemeni,Israeli singer known as "The Queen of Hebrew Music"
- Rosalia Gillelovna "Shoshana" Persitz
Ukrainian,born Israeli Zionist leader
- Shoshana Rudiakov
Latvian pianist
- Shoshana Nyree Johnson
American soldier and POW
Shoshana in pop culture
- Shoshana Schoenbaum
alter ego of the main character on TV's "United States of Tara"
- Shoshana
daughter of Waverly in "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan