Josue
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #12,153 · #330 for boys in 2025, 1,026 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 2,272 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 57,689since 1924
Josue over time
Rank among boys' names. Josue has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #330 | 1,026 | |
| 2024 | — | #294 | 1,144 | |
| 2023 | — | #295 | 1,125 | |
| 2022 | — | #290 | 1,173 | |
| 2021 | — | #311 | 1,079 | |
| 2020 | — | #275 | 1,231 | |
| 2019 | — | #259 | 1,402 | |
| 2018 | — | #226 | 1,664 | |
| 2017 | — | #240 | 1,538 | |
| 2016 | — | #271 | 1,353 | |
| 2015 | — | #272 | 1,348 | |
| 2014 | — | #268 | 1,368 | |
| 2013 | — | #251 | 1,454 | |
| 2012 | — | #237 | 1,514 | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #214 | 1,639 |
| 2010 | — | #184 | 1,996 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #193 | 1,975 |
| 2008 | — | #183 | 2,169 | |
| 2007 | — | #181 | 2,272 | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #193 | 2,051 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #197 | 1,951 |
| 2004 | — | #208 | 1,746 | |
| 2003 | — | #213 | 1,674 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #220 | 1,566 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #219 | 1,565 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #247 | 1,353 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #245 | 1,310 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #256 | 1,175 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #252 | 1,154 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #254 | 1,133 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #259 | 1,088 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #264 | 1,071 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #285 | 987 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #286 | 991 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #275 | 967 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #292 | 863 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #335 | 695 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #340 | 622 |
| 1987 | — | #357 | 547 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #379 | 484 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #416 | 419 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #417 | 396 |
| 1983 | — | #442 | 351 | |
| 1982 | — | #471 | 323 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #445 | 345 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #466 | 328 |
| 1979 | — | #535 | 251 | |
| 1978 | — | #604 | 190 | |
| 1977 | — | #603 | 196 | |
| 1976 | — | #619 | 175 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #650 | 159 |
| 1974 | — | #652 | 153 | |
| 1973 | — | #740 | 117 | |
| 1972 | — | #894 | 80 | |
| 1971 | — | #990 | 67 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,178 | 49 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,075 | 52 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,132 | 43 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,164 | 41 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,294 | 35 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,350 | 34 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,279 | 37 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,805 | 20 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,368 | 34 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,812 | 20 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,642 | 23 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
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| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Josue! It came in at #3,867, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1928, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Josue is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#133 · 1 in 628
- Texas#158 · 1 in 774
- Rhode Island#175 · 1 in 1,308
- Connecticut#219 · 1 in 1,797
- District of Columbia#237 · 1 in 1,129
Best ever in a state: #77 in District of Columbia, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #133 | 458 | 1 in 628 |
| Texas | #158 | 198 | 1 in 774 |
| Rhode Island | #175 | 5 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Connecticut | #219 | 12 | 1 in 1,797 |
| District of Columbia | #237 | 7 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Florida | #240 | 57 | 1 in 1,562 |
| Arizona | #261 | 19 | 1 in 1,600 |
| New Jersey | #285 | 24 | 1 in 2,226 |
| Massachusetts | #287 | 13 | 1 in 3,194 |
| New York | #308 | 56 | 1 in 2,400 |
| New Mexico | #311 | 6 | 1 in 1,915 |
| Oregon | #328 | 7 | 1 in 2,812 |
| Maryland | #355 | 10 | 1 in 3,269 |
| Illinois | #365 | 29 | 1 in 3,017 |
| Washington | #384 | 10 | 1 in 3,598 |
| Colorado | #470 | 5 | 1 in 4,851 |
| Pennsylvania | #571 | 9 | 1 in 8,917 |
| Georgia | #606 | 8 | 1 in 6,081 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Josue
- 36 spots since 2024 (#294 → #330)
- 55 spots since 2020 (#275 → #330)
- 58 spots since 2015 (#272 → #330)
- Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1971 (#1,178 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 36 spots in 2021 (#275 → #311)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 2007 at #181 (2,272 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1971–2025
- Highest: 1 in 913 boys born in 2007 were named Josue (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,665 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 31.8% of all boys named Josue (18,322) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 15 | #2,766 (1929) | #3,317 |
| 1930s | 52 | #2,479 (1938) | #3,118 |
| 1940s | 49 | #2,271 (1946) | #3,033 |
| 1950s | 157 | #1,593 (1958) | #2,128 |
| 1960s | 354 | #1,075 (1969) | #1,351 |
| 1970s | 1,437 | #535 (1979) | #747 |
| 1980s | 4,510 | #335 (1989) | #407 |
| 1990s | 10,739 | #245 (1999) | #267 |
| 2000s | 18,322 | #181 (2007) | #205 |
| 2010s | 15,276 | #184 (2010) | #242 |
| 2020s | 6,778 | #275 (2020) | #299 |
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.
Josue in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 170,455 of them was named Josue, which outranked 52.0% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,976Zarina12
- #6,976Zinnia12
- #6,976Zora12
- #7,430Josue11
- #7,430Abeer11
- #7,430Abigal11
- #7,430Aiko11
- #7,987Aarin10
- #7,987Aarion10
- #7,987Aarti10
Tied with 556 names at #7,430; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 2,089 of them was named Josue, which outranked 97.1% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.