Shimshon
#8,336 most common boys' name of all time · #21,044 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2025
Rank among boys
#8,336
Rank overall
#21,044 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
393
Since 2016
134
Peak year
2023 #4,956
Best rank
#4,769 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Shimshon first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,245 |
| 2024 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,517 |
| 2023 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,956 |
| 2022 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,591 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,257 |
| 2020 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,407 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,837 |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,971 |
| 2017 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,911 |
| 2016 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,167 |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,444 |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,954 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,750 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,828 |
| 2011 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,719 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,371 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,919 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,612 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,413 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,316 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,774 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,156 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,744 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,845 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,569 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,844 |
| 1998 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,769 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,937 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,580 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,738 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,360 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,053 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,898 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,658 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,908 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,394 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,819 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,451 |