Joshuah
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 88 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,873since 1969
Joshuah over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Joshuah has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #3,775 | 28 |
| 2014 | #3,234 | 34 |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 41 |
| 2012 | #2,448 | 51 |
| 2011 | #2,035 | 66 |
| 2010 | #1,975 | 70 |
| 2009 | #2,010 | 69 |
| 2008 | #1,948 | 73 |
| 2007 | #2,337 | 55 |
| 2006 | #1,627 | 88 |
| 2005 | #1,752 | 75 |
| 2004 | #2,283 | 50 |
| 2003 | #2,055 | 55 |
| 2002 | #1,620 | 74 |
| 2001 | #1,659 | 70 |
| 2000 | #1,514 | 79 |
| 1999 | #1,604 | 67 |
| 1998 | #1,436 | 79 |
| 1997 | #1,402 | 78 |
| 1996 | #1,257 | 88 |
| 1995 | #1,268 | 85 |
| 1994 | #1,288 | 82 |
| 1993 | #1,358 | 71 |
| 1992 | #1,359 | 69 |
| 1991 | #1,336 | 71 |
| 1990 | #1,117 | 92 |
| 1989 | #993 | 106 |
| 1988 | #1,108 | 81 |
| 1987 | #1,114 | 74 |
| 1986 | #1,144 | 68 |
| 1985 | #970 | 88 |
| 1984 | #1,294 | 51 |
| 1983 | #1,075 | 68 |
| 1982 | #1,124 | 66 |
| 1981 | #1,062 | 74 |
| 1980 | #1,022 | 78 |
| 1979 | #1,116 | 64 |
| 1978 | #1,537 | 37 |
| 1977 | #1,367 | 44 |
| 1976 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
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| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Joshuah! It came in at #4,404, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Joshuah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Joshuah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,215 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #7,679)
- 1,059 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 324 spots in 1985
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 1986
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1985 at #970 (88 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1985–1989
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,877
- Highest: 1 in 18,877 boys born in 1989 were named Joshuah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #970 in 1985, was only 1 in 21,002 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 27.2% of all boys named Joshuah (782) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 230 | #1,116 (1979) | #2,511 |
| 1980s | 754 | #970 (1985) | #1,091 |
| 1990s | 782 | #1,117 (1990) | #1,343 |
| 2000s | 688 | #1,514 (2000) | #1,881 |
| 2010s | 353 | #1,975 (2010) | #3,898 |
| 2020s | 61 | #5,562 (2021) | #8,057 |
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.
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