Joshuan
- #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 284since 1989
Joshuan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Joshuan has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
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| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
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| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
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| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
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| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
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| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
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| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Joshuan! It came in at #6,229, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1990–1993, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Joshuan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Joshuan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,071 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #6,143)
- 692 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #6,143)
- 1,348 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2024 at #4,072 (26 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 66,265
- Highest: 1 in 66,265 boys born in 2024 were named Joshuan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 33.5% of all boys named Joshuan (95) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7 | #6,229 (1989) | #6,229 |
| 1990s | 34 | #6,843 (1998) | #8,219 |
| 2000s | 65 | #6,436 (2009) | #7,976 |
| 2010s | 83 | #6,060 (2017) | #7,539 |
| 2020s | 95 | #4,072 (2024) | #5,882 |
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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