Josh
#881 most common boys' name of all time · #2,022 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#881
Rank overall
#2,022 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
17,288
Since 2016
1,021
Peak year
1979 #339
Best rank
#300 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 531/yr
Josh is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,699 |
| 2024 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,736 |
| 2023 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,803 |
| 2022 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,762 |
| 2021 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,658 |
| 2020 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,680 |
| 2019 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,514 |
| 2017 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,540 |
| 2015 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,396 |
| 2014 | — | 166 | 166 | #1,143 |
| 2013 | — | 152 | 152 | #1,181 |
| 2012 | — | 167 | 167 | #1,109 |
| 2011 | — | 180 | 180 | #1,050 |
| 2010 | — | 178 | 178 | #1,082 |
| 2009 | — | 205 | 205 | #974 |
| 2008 | — | 271 | 271 | #809 |
| 2007 | — | 316 | 316 | #725 |
| 2006 | — | 302 | 302 | #715 |
| 2005 | — | 266 | 266 | #751 |
| 2004 | — | 308 | 308 | #663 |
| 2003 | — | 273 | 273 | #698 |
| 2002 | — | 274 | 274 | #677 |
| 2001 | — | 246 | 246 | #714 |
| 2000 | — | 195 | 195 | #821 |
| 1999 | — | 194 | 194 | #790 |
| 1998 | — | 166 | 166 | #872 |
| 1997 | — | 189 | 189 | #782 |
| 1996 | — | 166 | 166 | #844 |
| 1995 | — | 183 | 183 | #793 |
| 1994 | — | 169 | 169 | #814 |
| 1993 | — | 186 | 186 | #767 |
| 1992 | — | 181 | 181 | #775 |
| 1991 | — | 181 | 181 | #759 |
| 1990 | — | 212 | 212 | #700 |
| 1989 | — | 213 | 213 | #684 |
| 1988 | — | 240 | 240 | #611 |
| 1987 | — | 233 | 233 | #594 |
| 1986 | — | 220 | 220 | #601 |
| 1985 | — | 248 | 248 | #559 |
| 1984 | — | 259 | 259 | #534 |
| 1983 | — | 299 | 299 | #487 |
| 1982 | — | 298 | 298 | #492 |
| 1981 | — | 347 | 347 | #442 |
| 1980 | — | 461 | 461 | #371 |
| 1979 | — | 531 | 531 | #339 |
| 1978 | — | 431 | 431 | #371 |
| 1977 | — | 383 | 383 | #399 |
| 1976 | — | 387 | 387 | #393 |
| 1975 | — | 456 | 456 | #361 |
| 1974 | — | 493 | 493 | #345 |
| 1973 | — | 401 | 401 | #387 |
| 1972 | — | 356 | 356 | #420 |
| 1971 | — | 325 | 325 | #450 |
| 1970 | — | 248 | 248 | #512 |
| 1969 | — | 193 | 193 | #564 |
| 1968 | — | 135 | 135 | #650 |
| 1967 | — | 105 | 105 | #723 |
| 1966 | — | 101 | 101 | #734 |
| 1965 | — | 105 | 105 | #724 |
| 1964 | — | 95 | 95 | #774 |
| 1963 | — | 115 | 115 | #730 |
| 1962 | — | 102 | 102 | #758 |
| 1961 | — | 132 | 132 | #674 |
| 1960 | — | 129 | 129 | #691 |
| 1959 | — | 128 | 128 | #674 |
| 1958 | — | 69 | 69 | #907 |
| 1957 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,041 |
| 1956 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,033 |
| 1955 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,066 |
| 1954 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,045 |
| 1953 | — | 58 | 58 | #939 |
| 1952 | — | 54 | 54 | #968 |
| 1951 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,123 |
| 1950 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1949 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,029 |
| 1948 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,048 |
| 1947 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,148 |
| 1946 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,046 |
| 1945 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1944 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,120 |
| 1943 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,404 |
| 1942 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,248 |
| 1941 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,190 |
| 1940 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,209 |
| 1939 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,143 |
| 1938 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,130 |
| 1937 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,033 |
| 1936 | — | 44 | 44 | #924 |
| 1935 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,123 |
| 1934 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,039 |
| 1933 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,204 |
| 1932 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,056 |
| 1931 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1930 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,371 |
| 1929 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,154 |
| 1928 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,045 |
| 1927 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,113 |
| 1926 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,020 |
| 1925 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,024 |
| 1924 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1923 | — | 49 | 49 | #992 |
| 1922 | — | 50 | 50 | #999 |
| 1921 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,200 |
| 1920 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,035 |
| 1919 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,063 |
| 1918 | — | 49 | 49 | #949 |
| 1917 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,005 |
| 1916 | — | 55 | 55 | #842 |
| 1915 | — | 40 | 40 | #998 |
| 1914 | — | 39 | 39 | #871 |
| 1913 | — | 37 | 37 | #780 |
| 1912 | — | 39 | 39 | #682 |
| 1911 | — | 30 | 30 | #548 |
| 1910 | — | 23 | 23 | #603 |
| 1909 | — | 21 | 21 | #576 |
| 1908 | — | 26 | 26 | #489 |
| 1907 | — | 19 | 19 | #563 |
| 1906 | — | 13 | 13 | #681 |
| 1905 | — | 17 | 17 | #579 |
| 1904 | — | 18 | 18 | #517 |
| 1903 | — | 21 | 21 | #453 |
| 1902 | — | 17 | 17 | #523 |
| 1901 | — | 18 | 18 | #456 |
| 1900 | — | 25 | 25 | #457 |
| 1899 | — | 17 | 17 | #458 |
| 1898 | — | 22 | 22 | #421 |
| 1897 | — | 21 | 21 | #412 |
| 1896 | — | 23 | 23 | #409 |
| 1895 | — | 27 | 27 | #359 |
| 1894 | — | 18 | 18 | #465 |
| 1893 | — | 16 | 16 | #462 |
| 1892 | — | 22 | 22 | #404 |
| 1891 | — | 19 | 19 | #398 |
| 1890 | — | 24 | 24 | #363 |
| 1889 | — | 22 | 22 | #379 |
| 1888 | — | 24 | 24 | #380 |
| 1887 | — | 15 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | — | 29 | 29 | #319 |
| 1885 | — | 23 | 23 | #365 |
| 1884 | — | 27 | 27 | #338 |
| 1883 | — | 27 | 27 | #319 |
| 1882 | — | 14 | 14 | #490 |
| 1881 | — | 22 | 22 | #348 |
| 1880 | — | 31 | 31 | #300 |