Joshuwa

Peak · boys
1988 · 20 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
393
since 1976

Joshuwa over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Joshuwa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,765, 1988boys
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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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2008#7,69810
2007#8,9158
2006#7,9989
2005#6,63411
2004#6,52011
2003#9,5816
2002#4,32218
2001#5,14214
2000#4,78515
1999#5,03513
1998#5,15912
1997#6,1009
1996#4,61313
1995#5,50110
1994#5,45210
1993#4,69712
1992#3,74816
1991#4,00514
1990#4,16713
1989#2,78422
1988#2,76520
1987#3,73112
1986#3,65312
1985#4,3339
1984#3,92510
1983#3,41112
1982#4,2349
1981#3,41212
1980#3,25613
1979#3,81010
1978#2,92914
1977#4,1648
1976#4,9356
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five boys were named Joshuwa! It came in at #4,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2009–2025, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Joshuwa is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Joshuwa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Joshuwa
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1988 at #2,765 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 6 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 90,951
  • Highest: 1 in 90,951 boys born in 1989 were named Joshuwa (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 204,015 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,765 in 1988, was only 1 in 95,714 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 33.3% of all boys named Joshuwa (131) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s38#2,929 (1978)#3,960
1980s131#2,765 (1988)#3,550
1990s122#3,748 (1992)#4,848
2000s102#4,322 (2002)#6,844

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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