Joshuah
#2,513 most common boys' name of all time · #6,046 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1969–2025
Rank among boys
#2,513
Rank overall
#6,046 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
2,873
Since 2016
124
Peak year
1989 #996
Best rank
#974 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 106/yr
Joshuah first appears in 1969. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,807 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,120 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,100 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,898 |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,637 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,739 |
| 2019 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,195 |
| 2018 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,395 |
| 2017 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,430 |
| 2016 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,002 |
| 2015 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,811 |
| 2014 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,256 |
| 2013 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,826 |
| 2012 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,465 |
| 2011 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,047 |
| 2010 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,979 |
| 2009 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,022 |
| 2008 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,961 |
| 2007 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,359 |
| 2006 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,634 |
| 2005 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,762 |
| 2004 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,297 |
| 2003 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,068 |
| 2002 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,630 |
| 2001 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,671 |
| 2000 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,533 |
| 1999 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,616 |
| 1998 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,409 |
| 1996 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,263 |
| 1995 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,273 |
| 1994 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,294 |
| 1993 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,373 |
| 1992 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,369 |
| 1991 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,348 |
| 1990 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,127 |
| 1989 | — | 106 | 106 | #996 |
| 1988 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,115 |
| 1987 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,121 |
| 1986 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,150 |
| 1985 | — | 88 | 88 | #974 |
| 1984 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,316 |
| 1983 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,086 |
| 1982 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,130 |
| 1981 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,067 |
| 1980 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,030 |
| 1979 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,127 |
| 1978 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,568 |
| 1977 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,387 |
| 1976 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,812 |
| 1975 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,061 |
| 1974 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,881 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,421 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,872 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,807 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,987 |