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.

Joshue

#4,491 most common boys' name of all time · #11,020 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#4,491
Rank overall
#11,020 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,118
Since 2016
45
Peak year
2004 #2,473
Best rank
#1,704 1988
Girls Boys peak 45/yr
198020002020

Joshue first appears in 1971. 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
2025 — 5 5 #12,358
2024 — 6 6 #11,228
2023 — 5 5 #12,622
2022 — 7 7 #10,043
2019 — 5 5 #12,543
2017 — 7 7 #9,956
2016 — 10 10 #7,758
2015 — 7 7 #9,830
2014 — 19 19 #4,935
2013 — 18 18 #5,050
2012 — 8 8 #9,070
2011 — 8 8 #8,999
2010 — 24 24 #4,153
2009 — 27 27 #3,865
2008 — 21 21 #4,599
2007 — 25 25 #4,058
2006 — 35 35 #3,117
2005 — 30 30 #3,353
2004 — 45 45 #2,473
2003 — 29 29 #3,231
2002 — 31 31 #2,984
2001 — 31 31 #2,965
2000 — 32 32 #2,840
1999 — 31 31 #2,761
1998 — 19 19 #3,784
1997 — 21 21 #3,401
1996 — 31 31 #2,514
1995 — 27 27 #2,725
1994 — 22 22 #3,170
1993 — 31 31 #2,438
1992 — 29 29 #2,513
1991 — 39 39 #1,979
1990 — 35 35 #2,119
1989 — 29 29 #2,348
1988 — 42 42 #1,704
1987 — 36 36 #1,821
1986 — 25 25 #2,284
1985 — 33 33 #1,829
1984 — 33 33 #1,759
1983 — 34 34 #1,706
1982 — 20 20 #2,506
1981 — 29 29 #1,934
1980 — 22 22 #2,359
1979 — 21 21 #2,374
1978 — 14 14 #3,051
1977 — 10 10 #3,791
1976 — 10 10 #3,678
1975 — 10 10 #3,631
1974 — 10 10 #3,538
1973 — 8 8 #4,014
1972 — 5 5 #5,565
1971 — 7 7 #4,354