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.

Joshva

#18,688 most common boys' name of all time · #48,997 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1974–1991

Rank among boys
#18,688
Rank overall
#48,997 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
59
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1988 #5,555
Best rank
#4,615 1974
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
1980

Joshva first appears in 1974. 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 — 6 6 #7,717
1989 — 5 5 #8,484
1988 — 8 8 #5,555
1987 — 5 5 #7,549
1986 — 5 5 #7,314
1984 — 6 6 #6,072
1983 — 6 6 #5,978
1979 — 6 6 #5,861
1977 — 5 5 #6,537
1974 — 7 7 #4,615