Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Josehua

#15,488 most common boys' name of all time · #40,209 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1979–1991

Rank among boys
#15,488
Rank overall
#40,209 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
102
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1984 #3,449
Best rank
#3,449 1984
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
1980

Josehua first appears in 1979. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1991 — 5 5 #8,964
1989 — 6 6 #7,579
1988 — 9 9 #5,119
1987 — 8 8 #5,354
1986 — 12 12 #3,860
1985 — 8 8 #5,081
1984 — 13 13 #3,449
1983 — 6 6 #6,094
1982 — 13 13 #3,471
1981 — 6 6 #6,145
1980 — 9 9 #4,481
1979 — 7 7 #5,341