Josh

#1,699 for boys in 2025, 96 births

Peak · boys
#299
1880 · 31 births
Debut · boys
1880
31 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,288
since 1880

Josh over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Josh has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #299, 1880boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,69996
2024#1,73595
2023#1,80389
2022#1,76094
2021#1,658100
2020#1,67994
2019#1,606103
2018#1,513113
2017#1,373129
2016#1,539108
2015#1,396123
2014#1,143166
2013#1,180152
2012#1,109167
2011#1,050180
2010#1,082178
2009#973205
2008#809271
2007#724316
2006#715302
2005#751266
2004#663308
2003#698273
2002#676274
2001#714246
2000#821195
1999#790194
1998#871166
1997#782189
1996#844166
1995#793183
1994#814169
1993#767186
1992#775181
1991#759181
1990#700212
1989#684213
1988#611240
1987#593233
1986#600220
1985#559248
1984#534259
1983#487299
1982#492298
1981#442347
1980#371461
1979#339531
1978#371431
1977#399383
1976#393387
1975#361456
1974#345493
1973#386401
1972#420356
1971#449325
1970#510248
1969#563193
1968#649135
1967#723105
1966#734101
1965#724105
1964#77495
1963#730115
1962#758102
1961#674132
1960#691129
1959#674128
1958#90769
1957#1,04153
1956#1,03253
1955#1,06650
1954#1,04551
1953#93958
1952#96854
1951#1,12341
1950#1,13939
1949#1,02946
1948#1,04745
1947#1,14840
1946#1,04543
1945#1,12234
1944#1,12035
1943#1,39925
1942#1,24431
1941#1,18731
1940#1,20831
1939#1,14132
1938#1,12533
1937#1,03138
1936#92444
1935#1,12334
1934#1,03839
1933#1,20230
1932#1,05640
1931#1,25330
1930#1,36828
1929#1,15436
1928#1,04144
1927#1,11241
1926#1,01846
1925#1,02245
1924#1,03247
1923#99249
1922#99950
1921#1,19936
1920#1,03545
1919#1,06341
1918#94949
1917#1,00342
1916#84055
1915#99640
1914#87039
1913#77737
1912#68139
1911#54830
1910#59823
1909#57421
1908#48926
1907#55919
1906#67413
1905#57417
1904#51518
1903#45121
1902#52117
1901#45318
1900#45525
1899#45717
1898#41822
1897#41121
1896#40723
1895#35827
1894#46418
1893#45916
1892#40422
1891#39719
1890#35824
1889#37922
1888#37724
1887#43815
1886#31729
1885#36423
1884#33627
1883#31827
1882#48914
1881#34822
1880#29931
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Josh was already there! It came in at #299, and was given to 31 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1904–1907, when fewer than 20 boys a year got the name.

Where Josh is popular in 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #351 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,250 boysMNIllinois: #628 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,085 boysILWisconsin: #284 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,758 boysWIMichigan: #421 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,257 boysMINew York: #622 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 8,977 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedSDIowa: #191 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,045 boysIAIndiana: #353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,738 boysINOhio: #397 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,335 boysOHPennsylvania: #325 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,509 boysPANew Jersey: #518 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,312 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #688 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 10,890 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedMOKentucky: #259 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,845 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedKSArkansas: #289 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,526 boysARTennessee: #404 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,305 boysTNNorth Carolina: #284 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,532 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #424 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,008 boysOKLouisiana: #270 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,747 boysLAMississippi: #347 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,023 boysMSAlabama: #443 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,117 boysALGeorgia: #458 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,061 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Josh, so not publishedHITexas: #485 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 4,901 boysTXFlorida: #520 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,194 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#191 · 1 in 2,045
  2. Kentucky#259 · 1 in 2,845
  3. Louisiana#270 · 1 in 1,747
  4. North Carolina#284 · 1 in 2,532
  5. Wisconsin#284 · 1 in 3,758

Best ever in a state: #99 in Florida, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#191101 in 2,045
Kentucky#25991 in 2,845
Louisiana#270211 in 1,747
North Carolina#284151 in 2,532
Wisconsin#28491 in 3,758
Arkansas#28961 in 2,526
Pennsylvania#325171 in 4,509
Mississippi#34761 in 3,023
Minnesota#35151 in 6,250
Indiana#35381 in 4,738
Ohio#397121 in 6,335
Tennessee#40461 in 5,305
Michigan#421101 in 6,257
Oklahoma#42451 in 5,008
Alabama#44351 in 5,117
Georgia#45881 in 5,061
Texas#485291 in 4,901
New Jersey#51861 in 7,312
Florida#520111 in 6,194
New York#622131 in 8,977
Illinois#62891 in 9,085
California#688191 in 10,890
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Josh
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#1,735 → #1,699)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#1,679 → #1,699)
  • 303 spots since 2015 (#1,396 → #1,699)
  • Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1959 (#907 → #674)
  • Biggest drop: 164 spots in 2009 (#809 → #973)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #299 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 95 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1958–2009
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,189
  • Highest: 1 in 3,189 boys born in 1974 were named Josh (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,792 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #299 in 1880, was only 1 in 3,564 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 23.2% of all boys named Josh (4,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s234#299 (1880)#367
1890s209#358 (1895)#413
1900s195#451 (1903)#527
1910s395#548 (1911)#833
1920s439#992 (1923)#1,060
1930s348#924 (1936)#1,126
1940s361#1,029 (1949)#1,155
1950s596#674 (1959)#993
1960s1,212#563 (1969)#702
1970s4,011#339 (1979)#397
1980s2,818#371 (1980)#537
1990s1,827#700 (1990)#790
2000s2,656#663 (2004)#754
2010s1,419#1,050 (2011)#1,299
2020s568#1,658 (2021)#1,722

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.

Josh in 1983

boys
#487
299 births · 1 in 5,995 boys

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #487Josh299
More about 1983

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 5,995 of them was named Josh, which outranked 93.4% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Josh
  1. #484Jess306
  2. #485Brooks303
  3. #485Gerard303
  4. #487Josh299
  5. #487Ted299
  6. #489Tomas297
  7. #490Everett295
  8. #491Sheldon294

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983 →