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.

Josue

#462 most common boys' name of all time · #1,001 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1924–2025

Rank among boys
#462
Rank overall
#1,001 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
93 of 146
All-time
57,874
Since 2016
12,735
Peak year
2007 #181
Best rank
#181 2007
Girls Boys peak 2,272/yr
19401960198020002020

Josue first appears in 1924. 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 1,026 1,026 #330
2024 1,144 1,144 #294
2023 1,125 1,125 #295
2022 1,173 1,173 #290
2021 1,079 1,079 #311
2020 1,231 1,231 #275
2019 1,402 1,402 #259
2018 1,664 1,664 #226
2017 1,538 1,538 #240
2016 1,353 1,353 #271
2015 1,348 1,348 #273
2014 1,368 1,368 #269
2013 1,454 1,454 #251
2012 1,514 1,514 #237
2011 8 1,639 1,647 #214
2010 1,996 1,996 #184
2009 7 1,975 1,982 #193
2008 2,169 2,169 #183
2007 2,272 2,272 #181
2006 9 2,051 2,060 #193
2005 9 1,951 1,960 #197
2004 1,746 1,746 #208
2003 1,674 1,674 #213
2002 5 1,566 1,571 #220
2001 5 1,565 1,570 #220
2000 7 1,353 1,360 #247
1999 5 1,310 1,315 #245
1998 5 1,175 1,180 #256
1997 5 1,154 1,159 #252
1996 10 1,133 1,143 #254
1995 5 1,088 1,093 #259
1994 11 1,071 1,082 #265
1993 8 987 995 #285
1992 8 991 999 #286
1991 11 967 978 #275
1990 9 863 872 #293
1989 12 695 707 #335
1988 6 622 628 #341
1987 547 547 #357
1986 6 484 490 #380
1985 6 419 425 #416
1984 12 396 408 #417
1983 351 351 #443
1982 323 323 #471
1981 5 345 350 #447
1980 5 328 333 #466
1979 251 251 #536
1978 190 190 #606
1977 196 196 #604
1976 175 175 #620
1975 6 159 165 #652
1974 153 153 #653
1973 117 117 #744
1972 80 80 #898
1971 67 67 #997
1970 49 49 #1,188
1969 52 52 #1,083
1968 38 38 #1,246
1967 43 43 #1,149
1966 41 41 #1,176
1965 35 35 #1,314
1964 34 34 #1,367
1963 37 37 #1,301
1962 20 20 #1,846
1961 34 34 #1,386
1960 20 20 #1,845
1959 24 24 #1,656
1958 24 24 #1,636
1957 19 19 #1,876
1956 23 23 #1,669
1955 9 9 #2,921
1954 9 9 #2,903
1953 10 10 #2,678
1952 16 16 #2,000
1951 10 10 #2,640
1950 13 13 #2,198
1949 8 8 #2,991
1948 9 9 #2,769
1946 11 11 #2,395
1945 6 6 #3,288
1943 5 5 #3,971
1942 5 5 #3,978
1940 5 5 #3,866
1939 6 6 #3,443
1938 9 9 #2,637
1937 6 6 #3,494
1936 6 6 #3,518
1935 6 6 #3,616
1934 5 5 #4,130
1933 8 8 #2,995
1932 6 6 #3,747
1929 9 9 #2,977
1924 6 6 #4,329