Jashua
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 73 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,710since 1971
Jashua over time
Rank among boys' names. Jashua has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #3,181 | 35 |
| 2009 | #2,800 | 43 |
| 2008 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #2,442 | 52 |
| 2006 | #2,398 | 51 |
| 2005 | #3,091 | 33 |
| 2004 | #2,599 | 41 |
| 2003 | #3,044 | 31 |
| 2002 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #2,742 | 34 |
| 2000 | #2,578 | 36 |
| 1999 | #2,560 | 34 |
| 1998 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1997 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #2,299 | 35 |
| 1995 | #2,026 | 41 |
| 1994 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1993 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | #1,804 | 46 |
| 1991 | #1,768 | 45 |
| 1990 | #1,500 | 57 |
| 1989 | #1,374 | 64 |
| 1988 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #1,123 | 73 |
| 1986 | #1,227 | 61 |
| 1985 | #1,147 | 66 |
| 1984 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | #1,296 | 51 |
| 1982 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1981 | #1,411 | 45 |
| 1980 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1979 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
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| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jashua! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jashua is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#725 · 1 in 11,017
- Florida#835 · 1 in 12,760
- Texas#1,221 · 1 in 24,684
- New York#1,381 · 1 in 26,981
- California#1,660 · 1 in 38,379
Best ever in a state: #624 in Georgia, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #725 | 5 | 1 in 11,017 |
| Florida | #835 | 7 | 1 in 12,760 |
| Texas | #1,221 | 6 | 1 in 24,684 |
| New York | #1,381 | 5 | 1 in 26,981 |
| California | #1,660 | 7 | 1 in 38,379 |
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See more about Jashua
- 3,021 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #12,008)
- 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #12,008)
- 4,942 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #12,008)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1987 at #1,123 (73 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,575 boys born in 1987 were named Jashua (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.3% of all boys named Jashua (536) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 122 | #2,048 (1979) | #2,893 |
| 1980s | 536 | #1,123 (1987) | #1,358 |
| 1990s | 445 | #1,500 (1990) | #1,972 |
| 2000s | 399 | #2,398 (2006) | #2,715 |
| 2010s | 163 | #3,181 (2010) | #6,129 |
| 2020s | 45 | #7,289 (2023) | #9,563 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jashua in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 31,265 of them was named Jashua, which outranked 85.1% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,362Tajh65
- #1,362Terance65
- #1,362Valentino65
- #1,374Jashua64
- #1,374Jelani64
- #1,374Jevon64
- #1,374Lashawn64
- #1,382Abelardo63
- #1,382Carrington63
- #1,382Cheyenne63
Tied with 7 names at #1,374; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.