Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady
ShohamIn Hebrew: שוהם · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שֹׁהַם
Shoham (Hebrew: שוהם) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 6,009 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 165 girls and ranked #120. Its peak year was 2014, with 265 babies.
- People in Israel
- 6,009
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 165
- rank #120
- Peak year
- 2014
- 265 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Shoham
In Hebrew letters the name is שוהם, read right to left. Shoham is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Shoham by year in Israel
How many girls 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).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Shoham
How do you write Shoham in Hebrew?
Shoham is written שוהם in Hebrew (with vowel points: שֹׁהַם). Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Shoham?
6,009 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שוהם: 3,813 women and 2,196 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 Shoham a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 63% of the people named שוהם are women and 37% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
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.