Joshue
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,118since 1971
Joshue over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Joshue has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #3,083 | 35 |
| 2005 | #3,319 | 30 |
| 2004 | #2,452 | 45 |
| 2003 | #3,186 | 29 |
| 2002 | #2,943 | 31 |
| 2001 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #2,805 | 32 |
| 1999 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #3,351 | 21 |
| 1996 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1994 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #2,399 | 31 |
| 1992 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | #1,952 | 39 |
| 1990 | #2,086 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,292 | 29 |
| 1988 | #1,671 | 42 |
| 1987 | #1,793 | 36 |
| 1986 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #1,687 | 34 |
| 1982 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Joshue! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2018–2021, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Joshue is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Joshue in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
- 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1988 at #1,671 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 9 yrs later
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 44,111
- Highest: 1 in 44,111 boys born in 2004 were named Joshue (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,671 in 1988, was only 1 in 45,578 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 27.4% of all boys named Joshue (306) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 95 | #2,310 (1979) | #3,523 |
| 1980s | 303 | #1,671 (1988) | #1,980 |
| 1990s | 285 | #1,952 (1991) | #2,696 |
| 2000s | 306 | #2,452 (2004) | #3,310 |
| 2010s | 106 | #4,099 (2010) | #7,843 |
| 2020s | 23 | #9,823 (2022) | #11,252 |
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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