Josua
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 773since 1971
Josua over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Josua has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
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| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
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| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #1,671 | 42 |
| 1987 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #1,419 | 49 |
| 1985 | #1,416 | 48 |
| 1984 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1982 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Josua! It came in at #3,146, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2011–2019, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Josua is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Josua in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Josua
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1985 at #1,416 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 4 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 37,340
- Highest: 1 in 37,340 boys born in 1987 were named Josua (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,416 in 1985, was only 1 in 38,504 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 43.3% of all boys named Josua (335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 101 | #2,310 (1979) | #3,454 |
| 1980s | 335 | #1,416 (1985) | #1,953 |
| 1990s | 168 | #2,606 (1991) | #3,983 |
| 2000s | 129 | #4,129 (2004) | #6,549 |
| 2010s | 27 | #9,693 (2010) | #11,674 |
| 2020s | 13 | #8,739 (2020) | #10,535 |
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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