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How popular is “Shoshana” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shoshana” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shoshana” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Shoshana” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Shoshana” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Shoshana” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Shoshana” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shoshana” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1948 7 0.000002028 7 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 100%
1967 20 0.000005891 20 100%
1968 30 0.00000888 30 100%
1969 34 0.000009783 34 100%
1970 29 0.000008041 29 100%
1971 36 0.000010488 36 100%
1972 44 0.000013999 44 100%
1973 49 0.000016242 49 100%
1974 52 0.000017105 52 100%
1975 61 0.000020203 61 100%
1976 73 0.000024058 73 100%
1977 67 0.000021092 67 100%
1978 77 0.000024261 77 100%
1979 69 0.000020739 69 100%
1980 79 0.000022935 79 100%
1981 81 0.000023415 81 100%
1982 94 0.000026796 94 100%
1983 77 0.000022233 77 100%
1984 106 0.000030383 106 100%
1985 93 0.000026057 93 100%
1986 90 0.000025302 90 100%
1987 92 0.000025516 92 100%
1988 84 0.000022733 84 100%
1989 89 0.00002315 89 100%
1990 97 0.000024542 97 100%
1991 96 0.000024645 96 100%
1992 109 0.000028376 109 100%
1993 93 0.000024667 93 100%
1994 75 0.000020174 75 100%
1995 114 0.000031129 114 100%
1996 106 0.000029063 106 100%
1997 141 0.000038889 141 100%
1998 103 0.000028003 103 100%
1999 91 0.000024635 91 100%
2000 98 0.000025927 98 100%
2001 103 0.000027515 103 100%
2002 98 0.000026215 98 100%
2003 109 0.000028667 109 100%
2004 110 0.000028789 110 100%
2005 124 0.000032251 124 100%
2006 85 0.000021485 85 100%
2007 91 0.000022763 91 100%
2008 100 0.000025441 100 100%
2009 106 0.000027747 106 100%
2010 112 0.000030305 112 100%
2011 112 0.00003062 112 100%
2012 97 0.000026522 97 100%
2013 91 0.000024961 91 100%
2014 118 0.000031837 118 100%
2015 112 0.000030263 112 100%
2016 105 0.000028621 105 100%
2017 134 0.00003747 134 100%
2018 110 0.000031286 110 100%
2019 139 0.000040047 139 100%
2020 130 0.000038915 130 100%
2021 146 0.000043094 146 100%
2022 151 0.000044633 151 100%
2023 125 0.000037751 125 100%
2024 112 0.000033649 112 100%

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