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Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today

SasonIn Hebrew: ששון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: שָׂשׂוֹןRomanization: sasón

Sason (Hebrew: ששון) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 1,849 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1955, with 84 babies.

People in Israel
1,849
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1955
84 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Sason

In Hebrew letters the name is ששון, read right to left. Sason is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "sasón" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a male given name

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Sason by year in Israel

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Sason: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Sason

How do you write Sason in Hebrew?

Sason is written ששון in Hebrew (with vowel points: שָׂשׂוֹן). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "sasón".

How many people in Israel are named Sason?

1,849 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ששון: 0 women and 1,849 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Sason a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ששון are men.

What does the name Sason mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name"

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.