Josua
#5,599 most common boys' name of all time · #13,956 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2022
Rank among boys
#5,599
Rank overall
#13,956 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
773
Since 2016
23
Peak year
1987 #1,462
Best rank
#1,428 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Josua 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,700 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,929 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,640 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,584 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,488 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,514 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,949 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,361 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,972 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,384 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,070 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,011 |
| 2004 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,190 |
| 2003 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,903 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,720 |
| 2001 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,561 |
| 2000 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,902 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,800 |
| 1998 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,509 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,437 |
| 1996 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,729 |
| 1995 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,956 |
| 1994 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,409 |
| 1993 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,761 |
| 1992 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,543 |
| 1991 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,661 |
| 1990 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,028 |
| 1989 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,863 |
| 1988 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,703 |
| 1987 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,462 |
| 1986 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,437 |
| 1985 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,284 |
| 1983 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,582 |
| 1981 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,932 |
| 1980 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,528 |
| 1979 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,371 |
| 1978 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,189 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,574 |
| 1976 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,675 |
| 1975 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,738 |
| 1974 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,300 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,428 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,557 |
| 1971 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,365 |