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.

Joshua

#23 most common boys' name of all time · #30 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#23
Rank overall
#30 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,253,882
Since 2016
63,611
Peak year
1989 #4
Best rank
#3 2002
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 44,308/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Joshua 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 4,773 4,773 #66
2024 8 5,268 5,276 #57
2023 6 5,070 5,076 #60
2022 6 5,197 5,203 #60
2021 — 5,531 5,531 #58
2020 9 6,015 6,024 #53
2019 10 6,631 6,641 #48
2018 — 7,446 7,446 #40
2017 12 8,353 8,365 #38
2016 18 9,258 9,276 #35
2015 18 9,850 9,868 #33
2014 16 10,929 10,945 #25
2013 13 11,861 11,874 #21
2012 18 12,681 12,699 #17
2011 25 13,797 13,822 #14
2010 13 15,467 15,480 #11
2009 24 17,671 17,695 #6
2008 25 19,231 19,256 #4
2007 39 20,669 20,708 #4
2006 31 22,336 22,367 #3
2005 43 23,261 23,304 #3
2004 120 24,214 24,334 #3
2003 45 25,106 25,151 #3
2002 46 25,998 26,044 #3
2001 48 26,024 26,072 #4
2000 54 27,543 27,597 #4
1999 62 27,265 27,327 #4
1998 51 28,095 28,146 #4
1997 61 28,289 28,350 #5
1996 75 29,175 29,250 #5
1995 62 30,720 30,782 #5
1994 77 31,374 31,451 #4
1993 114 33,590 33,704 #4
1992 122 36,221 36,343 #4
1991 141 41,226 41,367 #4
1990 166 43,237 43,403 #4
1989 208 44,100 44,308 #4
1988 297 42,653 42,950 #4
1987 272 40,002 40,274 #4
1986 307 37,542 37,849 #4
1985 276 42,194 42,470 #4
1984 266 40,266 40,532 #4
1983 232 36,687 36,919 #5
1982 241 38,004 38,245 #7
1981 240 39,024 39,264 #6
1980 222 36,052 36,274 #7
1979 211 31,120 31,331 #9
1978 141 25,204 25,345 #12
1977 113 22,068 22,181 #14
1976 95 16,845 16,940 #18
1975 92 14,567 14,659 #26
1974 63 11,599 11,662 #29
1973 38 8,057 8,095 #42
1972 21 5,033 5,054 #59
1971 17 3,650 3,667 #80
1970 10 2,175 2,185 #150
1969 8 1,321 1,329 #197
1968 5 731 736 #271
1967 — 563 563 #314
1966 — 486 486 #340
1965 — 461 461 #352
1964 — 389 389 #408
1963 — 372 372 #416
1962 — 335 335 #436
1961 — 354 354 #423
1960 — 314 314 #454
1959 — 328 328 #440
1958 — 276 276 #477
1957 — 273 273 #467
1956 — 239 239 #491
1955 — 245 245 #471
1954 — 193 193 #524
1953 — 164 164 #551
1952 — 178 178 #523
1951 — 165 165 #530
1950 — 160 160 #537
1949 — 183 183 #490
1948 — 129 129 #587
1947 — 141 141 #569
1946 — 113 113 #608
1945 — 97 97 #612
1944 — 104 104 #601
1943 — 95 95 #658
1942 — 111 111 #593
1941 — 93 93 #628
1940 — 90 90 #627
1939 — 101 101 #569
1938 — 71 71 #726
1937 — 92 92 #606
1936 — 101 101 #574
1935 — 80 80 #664
1934 — 106 106 #574
1933 — 102 102 #569
1932 — 111 111 #561
1931 — 94 94 #612
1930 — 90 90 #646
1929 — 74 74 #729
1928 — 118 118 #562
1927 — 117 117 #569
1926 — 105 105 #612
1925 — 109 109 #605
1924 — 114 114 #595
1923 — 129 129 #539
1922 — 124 124 #571
1921 — 125 125 #562
1920 — 128 128 #542
1919 — 139 139 #503
1918 — 118 118 #552
1917 — 122 122 #522
1916 — 99 99 #583
1915 — 136 136 #472
1914 — 87 87 #528
1913 — 78 78 #492
1912 — 60 60 #507
1911 — 43 43 #447
1910 — 44 44 #397
1909 — 28 28 #489
1908 — 29 29 #455
1907 — 26 26 #457
1906 — 27 27 #426
1905 — 18 18 #552
1904 — 19 19 #495
1903 — 21 21 #452
1902 — 17 17 #522
1901 — 22 22 #399
1900 — 36 36 #366
1899 — 24 24 #376
1898 — 39 39 #300
1897 — 29 29 #346
1896 — 30 30 #352
1895 — 29 29 #341
1894 — 24 24 #376
1893 — 23 23 #371
1892 — 41 41 #284
1891 — 24 24 #350
1890 — 24 24 #358
1889 — 33 33 #295
1888 — 50 50 #247
1887 — 41 41 #248
1886 — 55 55 #228
1885 — 43 43 #254
1884 — 41 41 #266
1883 — 55 55 #202
1882 — 50 50 #235
1881 — 40 40 #244
1880 — 57 57 #212